Start up problem and Disk Repair failed...

I recently did an update on firefox and an update on adobe flash. Right after I did those updates, I turned off my computer and couldn't restart!!!
First time I tried to boot, I got to the apple icon with wheels around it. But it just set there like that for several minutes. So I forced it to shot down.
After that, every time I tried to restart I came to a grey screen with a small folder appeared in the center and a flashing question mark...
I then followed instructions in this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
It failed to safe boot and disk repair.
I received the following message while doing the disk repair:
"First Aid failed. Disk Utility stopped repairing disk3 because the following error was encountered. The underlying task reported failure on exit."
"Repairing disk for disk3
checking HFS Plus Volume
Catalog file entry not found for extent
Volume check failed
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
Repair attempted on 1 volume
0 HFS volumes repaired
1 volume could not be repaired"
Can this G5 still survive without changing a HD? Could you please help on this issue? Many many many many thanks!!!

If it's just data corruption, erasing the drive will fix the issue. If it's a physical problem with the drive, then no; you will have to replace the drive.
The next thing to try is starting up from your Mac OS X installation disc (for the currently installed system release); insert disc and restart while holding down the C key.
When you get to the first Installer screen, go up to the menu bar and select to run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. In the sidebar, select the internal drive; select the drive and not the volume indented under the drive. Go to the Erase tab. Name the volume +Macintosh HD+ and set the format type to +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+. Then erase, which will re-partition and reformat the drive. This will obviously erase any existing data on the drive.
If the drive is physically OK, this process should complete in less than one minute. If it does, quit Disk Utility to go back to Installer. Run a standard installation on the blank drive.
If the erase process errors out or stalls, you probably have a faulty hard drive.
If the erase process completes successfully, but the subsequent Mac OS X installation stalls (or takes forever) or fails with error, please post back.

Similar Messages

  • System won't start - Error 0xc000014c and System Repair fails to work.

    Hi,
    I am running Windows Vista Home Premium x64 on my Dell Inspiron 1520 Notebook and I had to force shut down the computer yesterday because it was unresponsive (Programs wouldn't execute, shut-down didn't work). When I turned it back on I got an error screen:
    Windows Boot Manager
    Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the Problem:
    1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
    2. Choose your language settings, and click "Next."
    3. Click "Repair your computer."
    If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
    File: \Windows\system32\config\system
    Status: 0xc000014c
    Info: Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing, or corrupt.
    ENTER=Continue           ESC=Exit
    I inserted my Windows Installation disc and pressed ESC to restart, then pressed F12 and booted from the DVD-drive. I waited for the "Windows is loading files..." and "(c) Microsoft Corporation" loading bars, then clicked on "Next" at the language page and "Repair your computer" at the install Vista page. A loading box pops up "Searching for Windows installations..." and after a few minutes I can access the "System Recovery Options" box, which shows my OS. I select it and click "next", but an error message pops up saying:
    System Recovery Options
    This version of system recovery options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows.
    [OK]
    The other option at the bottom of "System Recovery Options" is "Load Drivers." If I click OK, I can see all the folders on the installation disc, and any Setup Information (*.inf) Files. I can also browse my whole drive, but I cannot open any files other than .inf. I can even navigate to my USB stick if I plug it in. I tried opening each of the .inf files that I found in "sources" which was where "Open" opened to but this happened for all of them:
    Add Drivers
    The specified location does not contain information about your hardware.
    [OK]
    My first question: is there an .inf file that I could download and access from the USB stick that would repair my system?
    I also wanted to do a system restore, and found instructions how to burn a Vista x64 recovery disc from a downloadable iso on the HowtoGeek.com (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-system-restore/). I booted from my newly burned system recovery disc, and it went through the two loading screens, and then to a black screen with the cursor. I waited here for about 20 minutes and nothing seemed to be happening, so I gave up.
    My second question: How can I get the system recovery disc to work?
    My initial post was on HowtoGeek.com forums:
    http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/startup-error-0xc000014c-cannot-repair-or-restore-my-system?replies=2#post-50643
    And I was referred here.
    Any advice is appreciated, in the mean time, I will keep trying the recovery disc to do a system restore. Maybe I just need to wait longer (Hours, days?)
    Sincerely,
    Daniel
    *EDIT
    I guess I will just reinstall Windows.

    Hi Daniel,
    The reason why the error message “This version of system recovery options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair” appears can be that your Windows installation is a RTM one while Server Pack 1 is installed on you system. Therefore, your disk version is lower than your system so that you cannot use this disk to enter WinRE.
    The recovery disk you created is a third-party tool which we are not familiar with. We cannot tell why it does not work on your computer. You need to contact the tool manufacturer for more information.
    Now the simplest way to resolve this issue is to restore the system to its factory settings. If you have important files on the computer, please unplug the drive and install it on another computer as a slave drive. Then you can access your data on that computer. After that, you can restore the system to its factory settings. If you would like to know how to restore the system to its factory settings, please contact Dell or look up your computer manual.
    Hope it helps.
    Tim Quan - MSFT
     

  • Disk repair failed / should I reformat my drive / how to format and restore

    I have a MacBook Pro late 2011 model and upgraded to Yosemite. The performance on my MB is ok, but just out of curiousity I ran a disk verify, and was told I needed to reboot, hold down CMD / R and run disk repair. I did so and the repair failed. I was promoted to backup and reformat/restore.
    Now, I do backup everything using time machine (not sure though if Parallels image is backed up). I do not however have any install disks for Mac OS.
    My questions:
    1. Should I even bother reformatting my HD?
    2. How do I go about formatting the HD and then re-installing the OS and all of my apps, particularly given that I have no DVD
    Any thoughts are appreciated. Thank you

    If you have extra external HDD, make clone backup with Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!, then,
    1) boot from external clone backup drive.
    2) reformat internal HDD.
    3) restore from clone backup drive with Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!.

  • Disk repair failed how can I back up my files when I can't boot from the start up disk

    When disk repair fails, and I can't boot from the hard drive how can I get to my files to back them up. I have a seagate 1 TB connected to the USB port.

    Perubbit,
    which model MacBook Pro do you have, and which version of OS X is installed on it?

  • Is anyone able to help with a Mavericks to Yosemite upgrade error: Disk Repair Failed?

    I upgrade my Mavericks OS on my MacBook Pro to Yosemite this morning and it's stuck on "Installing on Hard Disk" but then produces errors in the Cmd+L log such as:
    + Disk Repair failed. Will attempt to wait for kextcache
    And then it fails suggesting I restart or change to another startup Disk, but when I do, it says "You can't change the start-up disk to the selected disk. Startup disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk."
    Does anyone know of any resolution?
    Kindest Regards and pleads
    @ijeanes

    I figured out my problem. If yall are having the same issue, don't use (Quick) format, use the complete format option.

  • Disk repair 'failed'

    when i tried to repair my internal HD, disk repair fails. it found out that 'Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data' do I need to format the drive and reinstall 10.4.11, or can this be fixed?

    You could do that, but a simple reformat may not fix the low-level
    issue that may exist on the hard disk drive; while a zero-overwrite
    option Disk Utility provides may help, & also will defragment HDDs.
    Of course, there is a chance a third-party disk utility could be able
    to attempt and be successful in a repair where the native OS X
    Disk Utility may not be fully adapted to these kinds of cures. For
    some kinds of issues, Disk Warrior has been proven worthwhile;
    so has (in some instances) Drive Genius, and TechTool Pro. The
    version of these third-party disk tools has to match and be made
    for the OS X version the repair is being done on.
    There are times where a third party disk utility may make the
    matter worse, so you have to really be ready and it does help
    to have previous experience with the tools & how they work.
    A crash course is never an expected way to learn, it happens.
    If the computer is getting old, you may end up replacing the
    hard disk drive, as they do wear out and work hard in a
    portable computer. The cost per GB has come way down.
    There are times when a hard disk drive is not readable and
    the computer won't start from it, yet data may be recovered
    from it in a few ways; one of them is FireWire Target Disk
    Mode. Another may be to put the failed disk in an external
    enclosure and attempt a repair at a later time, and have a
    good hard disk drive in your computer.
    If you backup your computer's contents and get comfortable
    in making clones and using utilities, that is a good path to know.
    In any event...
    Good luck & happy computing!

  • I've had creative cloud installed and subscribed for more than a year. Recently I started getting problems and couldn't launch PS. This evening while trying to fix the problem I've managed to do something and now I can't launch either LR or PS. I get an e

    I've had creative cloud installed and subscribed for more than a year. Recently I started getting problems and couldn't launch PS. This evening while trying to fix the problem I've managed to do something and now I can't launch either LR or PS. I get an error message about verifying my subscription when I click and get my subscription verified it ays "OK" and I clock to to application and then it jumps back to verification needed - and so it goes on and on and on and..

    Here are two other examples of this happening..
    I expected more from Apple.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6919109
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6683814

  • Wife about to give birth and Disk Utility failing to repair HD.

    Good morning. Starting last night I began having serious issues with my 2007 20" 2.4ghz iMac. I hope someone can help before I employ the "nuke" option.
    First a little background. My wife is about to give birth to our second child. I have several in-laws in town and my house is a wreck. So, last night I thought it would be a great time to upgrade my iPhone 3G to iOS 4. I am not implying that updating my phone caused the problems with my iMac but they started about 30 seconds after pushing the "Update" button in iTunes.
    The phone did update to iOS 4 after about 3 hours of backing up but immediately the iMac started "hanging up" and the spinning beach ball appeared for minutes at a time. late last night after my iPhone was functioning again, I went to bed.
    This morning, the iMac was still responding very slowly and I was getting the spinning beach ball for even longer periods of time. So, I rebooted the machine and upon reboot the iMac would get stuck on the grey screen with the Apple logo and a spinning gear.
    I tried all of the methods on this support document.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
    It would not boot into Safe Mode.
    I reset the NVRAM/PRAM.
    I checked the power cables.
    I removed all USB and perpherial attachments. (Including even trying to boot without the keyboard or mouse plugged in.)
    After booting from the Install DVD and running Disk Utility, Disk Utility was telling me that almost the entire HD is available and that it could not repair the disk. I was receiving "Invalid Node Structure" and "Volume Check Failed" error messages.
    So the last thing the support document suggested was a complete erase and re-install. I have been running Time Machine, but have never actually used it to recover anything, much less the 1000s of photos and 1000s of songs on the iMac.
    Is there anything else I can or should try before pulling the plug and erasing the hard drive and praying that Time Machine has worked?
    My very pregnant wife will have a heart attack if we lost everything on the computer. (I really am not joking that she might go into labor any second, her due date was last week.)
    Thanks for the help and advice. I need it.

    I know that I am a bother and asking alot of questions in quick succession, but I am hoping to take care of this before the baby makes its appearance.
    I'm getting you have a lot on your mind right now, try not to not worry about it. Might be time to take a few deep breaths and try to relax.
    If you have had your machine connected to Time Machine and it has been doing backups (I'm sure it has been) you have done everything necessary.
    You can attempt an erase and restore however if your disk is dodgy or has failed at best it's a temporary solution. As I stated I would recommend taking it into an AASP and have it looked at.

  • Stuck at "starting login window" and Disk Utility won't fix it...

    I downloaded some security updates, and since restarting my computer as required, I have never been able to start it up since. It gets stuck on the "starting login window" screen, with the little blue bar still shimmering and mouse still moving, but just won't ever load the login screen, even after hours.
    I've seen a few other people have had this problem, and tried to follow some of the recommendations, with no joy. I tried several times to repair the disk permissions with Disk Utility, but it has an internal error saying it lost the connection to the disk manager, or something similar.... when I try to repair the disk, it fails saying something about "overlapped extent allocations" and an "invalid node structure".
    I can start up in single-user mode, and doing a fsck had the same result.
    What can I do??? Some people suggested an Archive and Install manoeuvre, but I'm scared of losing all my files! Will it erase them all? Do I have to back up all my files before doing this? How can I back them up if my computer won't start?
    I know almost nothing about computers - all I know I have found in the past few days searching through these discussion boards trying to find an answer! I have an important essay due on Monday which is stuck in my computer, so I'm a little scared!
    I'm using Mac OS X Panther or something.... not sure how to find out exactly which one, as my computer won't start!
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    iBook G4    

    Hi, you have some serious directory damage there, and it was probably there before the updates. An Archive and Install would not be recommended. If you did that you would likely have more problems then you have right now.
    If it were me I'd run Diskwarrior and Tech Tool Pro on it. DW for the invalid node structure and Tech Tool Pro for the Overlapped Extent Allocation. But you probably would have to buy both of them, and there's no guarantee either one will fix it.
    Apple doc.#25770, talking about Overlap..... says the easiest way to fix it is to Erase and Install. If you are running 10.3.9 and had access to a retail Tiger disk, you could try booting up on it and running Disk Utility. Tigers DU has the ability to fix Overlap.... sometimes, Panther's does'nt.
    This is the best way to Erase and Install. First backup all your important stuff, if you can, as the following will erase everything on your drive; it will be unrecoverable. Put your install disk in your Mac and Restart while holding down the C key. In Tiger, When you get to the install screen, don't click install and go to the title bar at the top of the screen and click on Utilities (in earlier OS's click on the installer menu).
    Click on Disk Utility and choose the hard drive you want your OS on. Then click on the Erase tab. In Tiger, click on the Security Options button near the bottom (it's similiar for Panther and Jaguar).
    Once in there choose Zero Out Data (write zero's in earlier versions). This will map out any bad blocks on your drive and bring it back to almost new condition (providing there's nothing wrong mechanically with it, bad bearings, defective or damaged surface, etc.).
    Once this is done, go back to the install screen and begin the "Erase and Install" installation. This will put a factory fresh system on a clean hard drive.
    Cheers!
    DALE

  • RAID problem : build disk OK, failed to copy files to it

    Hello,
    I am running OS 10.4.5 server on a G4/400. I have 2 external firewire drives both connected directly to the Mac.
    Using Disk Utility to set up a Striped RAID volume. Everything went OK. No errors. The new volume is 73GB in size.
    Problem arises when I try to copy files to it. Tried to copy a folder containing 30GB of files to it, but it failed immediately after computing the time to take to copy. Every time.
    Finder would complain that I didn't remove the RAID disk properly. Of course the disk was not ejected, nor physically unplugged.
    Upon checking with Disk Utility, 1 of the hard drive would appear to be offline. Tried mounting it and it would fail. It can't be repaired too due to busy resource.
    Rebuild the volume, copy again, and boom, same error again.
    Very strange stuff.
    Anyone come across this problem? Any solutions?
    Thanks!!!

    Here is the event log for CCC
    Carbon Copy Cloner, v. 2.3
    Log started Thursday, February 8, 2007 1:50:06 AM
    Startup Disk: System
    Available target disks:
    /Volumes/System 9.2, /Volumes/40gig, /Volumes/Panther, /Volumes/Video, /Volumes/Audio, /Volumes/System Apps, /Volumes/DVD - ready, /Volumes/Downloads, /Volumes/Unsorted, /Volumes/20 GB, /Volumes/Video - DVD
    Contents of source disk: System
    Unix command: ls -AF /
    .DS_Store*, .Spotlight-V100/, .TemporaryItems/, .Trashes/, .VolumeIcon.icns, ._ T _ E _ M _ P _ T _ T _ M _ M, .comsymantec_symfsprivate/, .hidden, .hotfiles.btree, .vol/, Azureus_Stats.xml, Desktop DB, Desktop DF, Desktop Folder/, Extensions/, Library/, Myst 5 v.1.0 NoDVD Crack, NAVMac800QSFile, Network/, Scripting Additions/, System/, TheVolumeSettingsFolder/, Trash/, Users/, Volumes/, automount/, bin/, cores/, dev/, easyy, etc@, lost+found/, mach@, mach.sym, mach_kernel, nolfcmds.txt, private/, sbin/, tmp@, usr/, var@
    Items to be copied:
    .DS_Store*, .Spotlight-V100/, .TemporaryItems/, .VolumeIcon.icns, ._ T _ E _ M _ P _ T _ T _ M _ M, .comsymantec_symfsprivate/, .hidden, .hotfiles.btree, Azureus_Stats.xml, Desktop DB, Desktop DF, Desktop Folder/, Extensions/, Library/, Myst 5 v.1.0 NoDVD Crack, NAVMac800QSFile, Scripting Additions/, System/, Users/, bin/, easyy, lost+found/, mach_kernel, nolfcmds.txt, private/, sbin/, usr/
    Authentication error:
    Security API failed with error -60008.
    Number: 1
    Authentication error:
    Security API failed with error -60008.
    Number: 1
    Authentication error:
    Security API failed with error -60008.
    Number: 1
    Authentication error:
    Security API failed with error -60008.
    Number: 1
    Authentication error:
    Security API failed with error -60008.
    Number: 1
    Quicksilver 2002 G4 desktop duel 1gig   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   yes
    Quicksilver 2002 G4 desktop duel 1gig   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   yes

  • Disk repair fail

    I just got my laptop back from the shop (the logic board failed) and put my bigger hard drive back in and came to find out that the computer won't boot from that hard drive (it works fine on the other hd). I have run disk utility and it says my drive is bad and can't be repaired. I should mention I have a partition on my hd (but it isn't necessary to keep it). I know I need to reformat the drive and put everything back on from my last time machine backup. The only problem is, when I tried it said there wasn't enough free space left. There seem to be a few different ways to do this. Any help you guys have would be so much appreciated! I have no idea what to do here...
    Thanks in advance

    What does Disk Utility actually say is wrong with the drive, ScarlettTrinity?
    Some sorts of problems can be repaired by other software like DiskWarrior. Some problems can't be repaired reliably at all, even by reformatting. Without knowing what the actual problem is that Disk Utility says you have it is hard to give you good advice.
    If your old drive was nearly full anyway, you may be better off simply replacing it with a larger one. You should aim to keep at least 20% free space on your HD at all times for best performance and reliability, and if you are already below this then it will clearly fill up all too soon anyway.
    Cheers
    Rod

  • Disk repair failed after using osx with hibernated windows/bootcamp with macdrive

    hi,
    i just realized i did something really,really stupid.
    I forgot I just closed the lid of my MBP the last time I used windows/bootcamp (instead of shutting it down) and that triggered hibernation.
    The next time I powered my MBP on, OSX startet automatically and I opened some of the same files that "were already open" in the hibernated windows (on osx main/boot partition, using macdrive in windows).
    That (or resuming the hibernated windows later) probably led to some data corruption that prevents the osx volume from booting and neither the automatical repairing during booting nor disk utility (external hdd or recovery partition) is able to repair it. (not sure if there is any difference).
    Booting in verbose mode shows the file names that were double-opened during repair attempts.
    After booting osx from an external HDD, Disk utility fails mounting the main osx volume straight away, but succeeds with mounting it after a failed repair attempt.
    I only have read acces then, though.
    bootcamp partition is still working fine, btw
    1. I wonder if it is possible to gain write access somehow and if deleting just those "double-opened" files/the containing folder (which is saved on dropbox btw, so I really wouldnt mind deleting them/it) would solve the whole problem or if i really have to reformat everything and spend 10+ hours to revert everything to the state before the data corruption. ?
    2. if I have to reformat + reinstall, using migration assistant and the corrupted volume as source isn't a great idea, i guess? are there any options to exclude some specific folders of the user folders?
    3. will the bootcamp partition work after reinstalling osx or do i have to winclone-it somewhere? checkdisk says the volume is OK btw.
    many thanks!

    Hi 3tc, thnx for a tip.
    One more question - did procedure solve also "file already in use" problem on win bootcamp?
    thnx

  • IMac Won't Boot - Grey Loading Bar - Disk Repair Fail

    My 3 month old 27" iMac (late 2013) running Mavericks will not boot up. It was smooth sailing till I'm listening to music and my iMac starts slowing down and freezing. It was so bad I had to hard restart. After I booted up the problem continued. I ran Disk Utility and it told me to boot to Recovery and repair my disk. In Recovery I'm told that my drive can't be repaired and that I need to reset/restore it completely and I should back up all my important data. I restart to move some data over to an external HDD but instead all I get when I restart is the grey apple logo and a grey loading bar. When the bar is filled my computer shuts off. I'm not terribly concerned about my data because I run Time Machine and use a few cloud services but I do want to get this problem solved so I can get back to work. Please tell me there is a better solution than taking my iMac to the Apple Store 3 hours away.
    Also let me just say that I have tried resetting SMC and have already looked through the Apple Support page for the grey loading bar. I'm just looking for some advice or some untried tricks.
    Thanks

    have already looked through the Apple Support page for the grey loading bar.
    Did you try the suggestions mentioned in the KB Article?  Tried the suggestions mentioned in the "More like this" section over here?-------------->
    My 3 month old 27" iMac
    Please tell me there is a better solution than taking my iMac to the Apple Store 3 hours away.
    You have 2 options since you are still under warranty.
    #1 - CALL AC to see if they will send a repair tech to your home since you have an iMac.
    #2 - Check to see if there are any AASPs closer.  AS are not the only places that repairs Macs.
    AASP 
    International AASP’s & Other Services
    AASP's Outside of the USA
    How to find your nearest Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP)
    GOOD LUCK!

  • Invalid key length, disk repair fails

    i am getting this disk error after macbookpro locks up, repeatable.
    invalid key length
    volume check failed
    error: filesystem verify or repair failed.
    this is the boot volume of the macbookpro running os 10.5.6. been running well for months, used everyday all day, then this am the finder and all other apps lock up, no application crash, just all hanging one after another. hard reset gets system back but it recurs in short order.
    i ran diskutil from the software restore dvdrom, three times. same results (error text above) each time. only option barring other solutions is to reinstall the system and restore data from a time machine bu.
    never seen this before. any ideas?
    thanks.

    thanks for hint on diskwarrior. i am running it but it is encountering quite a pile, i've never seen a problem like this. the sys log on the system that's running dw is full of:
    App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324751 to 324751
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector 324751 is bad. (JSC)
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324752 to 324752
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector 324752 is bad. (JSC)
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324753 to 324753
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector 324753 is bad. (JSC)
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324754 to 324754
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector 324754 is bad. (JSC)
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324755 to 324755
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector 324755 is bad. (JSC)
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: disk14s2: Read I/O error for block range 324756 to 324756
    Jan 27 00:49:29 server [0x0-0xba4ba4].com.alsoft.diskwarrior[9656]: DiskWarrior App: Disk sector
    this does not bode well. i have no idea what has caused this disk to totally dump on me. almost feels like a virus -- it was such a sudden and complete meltdown with no precursor whatsoever. i am running dw on it in target mode but seems like i might have to frag it. crazy.
    thanks for further thoughts if anyone has any.
    Message was edited by: dtich

  • Disc unmounts and verify/repair fail

    I erased external hardrive because backups kept failing. Then I got 4 good backups and then the disc unmounted itself (won't remount) and now I get this when trying to repair:
    Verifying volume “Time Bandit”
    Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
    Checking Extents Overflow file.
    Checking Catalog file.
    Invalid node structure
    Volume check failed.
    Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
    I really don't want to erase and start over several times a day! Anyone else with this?
    Message was edited by: mwachel

    No one else has seen something like this?
    Now, I have erased the external drive and gone back to using my old backup software (Chronosync). The external drive is working great so I don't think that is the problem.

Maybe you are looking for