Storage system verify or repair failed
Had problems with Time Machine and accessing external backup drive. Both Mac Hard drive and extenal drive encrypted and external drive not opened with password. Eventually located corrupt file on external drive. Have managed to get time machine to backup to external hard drive but now get above error message when attemting to verify/repair Mac Hard drive. Along with :
Invalid Volume Header @ 0: Incorrect block type
Invalid Volume Header @ 749296614912: Incorrect block type
Disk0s2 is not a CoreStorage volume.
Obviously disk will not repair.
Any ideas as to what to try next (is this where LIon Recovery comes in, or does it even work for 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo Macs?)
Any advice gratefully received.
Answered my own question. Went to Lion Recovery Partition [Restart + (Command-R)]. Ran Disc Utility in Lion Recovery. No problem with Macintosh HD. Restarted & showing no problem on verification now.
Found a few other postings going back to O/S 10.4 detailing similar problems both with internal and external drives. General consensus looks like First Aid Verify can throw up spurious errors at times .... Hope they are right
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While running verify disc in disc utility on 251 GB SSD SM256c Media I came up with this message: Alert system verify or repair failed. In the descriptions box of history it said, problems were found with the partitions map which might prevent booting. This is followed by a message in red reading, Error: Storage system verify or repair failed. At the time I was down loading raw pictures off my camera through a card reader across my computer to a relatively new 2TB Western Digital portable hard drive. after about 13 to 15 pictures downloaded that drive faileded. My Mac Book Air works fine, but i get this message now everytime I run disc verify on this disc. The Macintosh HD checks out fine.
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Storage system verify or repair failed.
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Thank you in advance.
Message was edited by: TatianaTiaPS
In Disk Utility all looks so:
Verifying partition map for “TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF Media”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Checking storage system
Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting
Error: Storage system verify or repair failed.Verifying and repairing partition map for “TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF Media”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Reviewing boot support loaders
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Checking storage system
Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map
Error: Storage system verify or repair failed.
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2011 macbook pro OSX maverick, error: storage system verify or repair failed
Hi there,
My 2011 Macbook pro which came with Lion but now upgraded to Maverick 10.9.5 has just crashed. It will start up in recovery mode but when I've gone to the apple logo to start up from disk, it shows the disk but doesn't start up from it I just get a grey screen.
I'ved tried to verify and repair the disk and get message: 'The partition map needs to be repaired because there's a problem with the EFI system partitions file system'
I also get: error, storage system verify or repair failed.
S.M.A.R.T staus is verified
None of the key commands for start up seem to work, ie - option - shift - command P,R etc.
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Any ideas???I have the same issue. Not able to fix it.
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Error: Storage system verify or repair failed
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slightly to the right virtual volume partition (icon)1 Mountain Lion
2 Lion
3 Snowleopard
4 empty
In Lion Disk Utiity on First Aid if I choose 500HD and repair disk In red it states alert storage system verify or repair failed disk permissions are greyed out that means they can not be clicked.
If I choose Mountain lion (I am booted in Lion) it will repair permissions and veryfy and repair disk.
If I choose Lion (I am booted in Lion) it will verify and repair permissions but only verify disk. NOT repair !
( it is said it can not repair itself so we need to be booted into lion recovery disk disk utilities)
If I choose Snow leopard (I am booted in Lion) it will verify and repair permissions and verify and repair disk.
In Mountain lion the partition map or set up is strange.
500GB Physical HD
slightly to the left virtual volume partition (icon) 1 Lion
slightly to the right virtual volume partition (icon) 2 Lion
slightly to the right virtual volume partition (icon) mountain Lion
slightly to the left virtual volume partition (icon) mountain Lion
3 Snowleopard
4 empty
Do I have 6 partitions 2 Lions 2 Mountain lions?
And on Mountain lion and lion on sub volume only FirstAid and Partition is shown not erase or restore !
In Snow leopard disk utility Mountain lion and lion shows as incompatable so can even partitioned or repaired.
When partitioning and installing 3 OSX's on 1 HD the partition table changes with Mountain lion and Lion.
And if you have Vile fault turned on you can not access the Mountain lion and lion repair permissions and repair disk ,also can not access the recovery disk when booting using options.
That means you have to turn Vilefault or Gate keeper off.
Apple Japan said it does not support more than one OS per HD !
It is a resl mess they do not fix these things and show photes and explanations of different scenrios on disk utility.
we want to use all our OSX/s on the same machine because many applications do not work on different platforms.
They should work out a solution when bring out new OS -
os x could not be installed on Mac book pro because storage system verify or repair failed.
When i open disk utility HDD does not let me repair.In order to repair the system disk you must boot from another disk drive. The operating system will not allow the disk drive it is running from to be repaired.
Book the MBP and create a bootable clone on an external disk drive. Then boot from the external disk drive and repair the system disk drive from there. -
Disk utilities: storage system verify or repair fail
The Verify failed when checking the drive at the physical disk level, but the main voulmes passed. Is this "normal", i.e. should I just be checking the volumes?
Thanks10.7 boots into a Recovery partition (command c boot) then can check the condiiton of other partitions on the drive.
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OS X could not be installed on your computer File system verify or repair failed
Downloaded OS X Yosemite update through Apple Store and attempted to install it on my mom's 2013 21" iMac running OS X 10.9.5.
However, a few minutes into the process I received this message:
OS X could not be installed on your computer
File system verify or repair failed. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.
Tried restarting several times to no avail. Ran disk utility and saw:
Invalid node structure.
File system check exit code is 8.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired.
Repair disk button not available for Mac HD, but is available for 1TB Apple HDD. Is there any way to abort the OS X Yosemite installation?TThe Disk Utility cannot repair the disk it resides on. The way I get around this is to use an external hard disk as my startup disk and run did utility from that. Most time then the primary disk on your iMac can be repaired.
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Error: File System verify or repair failed :-(
I'm hoping that someone here can tell me that I don't really have to worry about my new 13 inch unibody Macbook, which I bought last November. I'm travelling until April and, of course, don't have my install (or any other disks) with me.
Today I installed some software and then ran 'repair disk permissions' to check that all was in order - which it was. However, my finger slipped (I actually find the new trackpad quite inaccurate from time to time but I guess that's my fault)- instead of closing Disk Utility I clicked on Verify Disk. I thought I would let it run its course ... imagine my surprise when this was the result ....
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file MB510073_06BLOCKED.scap
(It should be 2082 instead of 1041)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
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Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 41730138 instead of 41731179)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Can anyone throw some light on this problem for me, please?
Cheers
TriciaWhat software is on the package? I believe Tech Tool Pro can do a directory repair job though Diskwarrior is, as the other poster observes, premier.
Sometimes running verify on the same drive from which you are booted can produce spurious errors because the drive is constantly changing and verify can't keep track of everything and reports errors.
Errors should be taken seriously and corrected before things get worse. It could ultimately end up in your losing files and having the computer crash. If nothing else make sure you have a backup of your data files.
You can try running Verify in Safe Mode where the computer is running under a more restricted environment and see what it says.
[Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393]
[What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392]
[Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107394]
Safe boot mode runs a directory check command similar to that used by Disk Utility's repair. In Tiger it ignores some stored information (cache) that is normally read that speeds up the boot process, and it moves some other caches to the trash. It also uses only System fonts and disables all Startup Items, third party items, and any Login Items.
Failing all else there are several tools that run from Single User Mode, including fsk and Applejack. I would run these after backing up the files since occasionally any repair attempt (even with Diskwarrior) can go wrong and make things worse.
[Applejack|http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=79562]
Very informative [Macworld Applejack article|http://www.macworld.com/article/135377/applejack15.html]
[Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492]
[Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214] -
nit now I can't use my computer wth
What is the EXACT model/year MBP and what OSX are you trying to install? What is the OSX that is currently installed?
It seems you may have HDD issues.
Ciao. -
Unmounted External Hard Drive, Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed
Earlier today, I disconnected the external hard drive while it was working.
Now, the External Hard Drive won't even show up on my computer. However, on the Disk Utility it does. I have tried to verify & repair the disk. Plus click the mount button nothing work.
Whenever, I ran the system verify or the repair. I got this error: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed
Ok. So I have searched all over the internet and forums. Tried everything. Nothing works.
I even tried Disk Warrior. It would work for a while, then when it came to step 8. It would make my computer go black and hold down the power button to restart.
Any suggestions? Please let me know, I would like to recover the files if I can. Thanks.
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The Unix program "dd" will instruct a drive to stream out all of it's data from beginning to end without regard to file structure, therefore creating an exact block-for-block duplicate. By doing this, it will allow you to copy everything off without having to mount the drive. It also ignores any corruption or physically damaged blocks on the drive which would otherwise crash or freeze the Finder. It saves the data to a disk image file which you can then open and use without fear of imminent failure (the format of the disk image will be the same as the original drive). Now that the data is preserved, you can safely go through and recover your files. Keep in mind that if a file was damaged or corrupted on the drive, it will be unusable, but at least you'll be able to get to the good ones safely. In my case, using "dd", I had no problems and got every file off. If it doesn't work for you, at least it's impossible for just trying it to further damage your files. I can recommend a few other remedies if this doesn't work for you.
Note: The computer must be able to at least recognize the drive. That means either 1) It mounts 2) When you connect the drive the Finder asks if you want to erase or ignore, click ignore and you should be able to do this, or 3) Nothing happens in the Finder, but the volume in question does appear in Disk Utility. If you connect the drive and absolutely nothing happens and it never shows up in Disk Utility, it won't work.
Note: As always, it is suggested that you backup important data on your startup disk before proceeding with stuff like this. It is possible to wipe a drive by mistyping a terminal command, so double check before you hit enter.
_Now, on with the show!_
Prep: Restart your machine so that it goes straight to the login window. Enter your user name and password. As soon as you press enter after your password, immediately hold down the shift key until the Finder finishes loading (this prevents any background startup items from running that might interfere).
1. Attach the drive to the computer and make sure you have another drive with enough free space to hold the entire capacity of the bad drive, not just it's used space, but the WHOLE size of the bad drive (for exception, see very bottom of this post).
2. In Terminal, type:
+diskutil list+
Look for the drive you want to recover in the "name" column, then write down it's "identifier" (ex. disk1s2)
3. In Terminal, type:
+dd bs=512 if=/dev/disk#s# of=/my_directory/image.dmg conv=noerror,sync+
!! Replace "disk#s#" with the identifier you wrote down before !!
!! Replace "/my_directory/" with the path to where you want to save !!
!! Replace "image.dmg" with the name you want to give the disk image (must end with .dmg) !!
4. To confirm that something is happening, open Activity Monitor (in the Utilities folder) and click "Disk Activity". Once you determine an average transfer rate, divide the size of the drive by that and then divide by 60 to see how many minutes it will take to finish. *+! ! FOR LARGE DRIVES THIS WILL TAKE A VERY LONG TIME ! !+* To be safe, do not use your computer for anything until the process finishes, you can leave Activity Monitor open so you can see when it's finished.
If you're only really concerned about a certain files and you know their exact path on the bad drive, let me know and I can give you modified instructions to copy just those files, saving the time and space of doing the whole drive. -
I have MacOS 10.5.8. It is not booting. It stops at the blue screen. I used the disc utility - verify disc. I get the following message - Invalid sibling link. Volume check failed. Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. Please give a solution anybody?
Many times I tried to simply update from 10.5.8 without any success. It starts and after few minutes ...
I used many different install disks (I bought ofiicial release from Mac seller), so I think this is not a problem with wrong version or bad install disk. A few days ago I've got back my computer from Apple technical support and technician told me he had this same problem with system installation -
Reboot lafter 10.5.8 2@1TB drives - "Filesystem Verify or Repair failed".
BACKGROUND:
Ok so I upgraded (patched) Parallels a couple of days ago, but didn't reboot yet (I was busy). Then I see the auto update showing me 10.5.8 so I grab that and it's sitting there waiting for me to reboot.
I have 4 browsers open (not windows, browsers - firefox, camino, safari & flock) for about a total of 40-50 windows. parallels is open, excel and word are open and so is thunderbird, iPhoto and a few other random things including time machine (once open I tend not to shut them down). So the systems decides it's had enough and crashes hard (to reboot) it looks like it come sup clean except I get a message about one of my 1TB drives is unavailable but mounted so I can recover data.
I tried to run disk utility to get it back online but I get Invalid inode structure, "Filesystem Verify or Repair failed". I reboot, same. I shutdown, power off, the same. I try my 10.5.6 CD, the same.
I reboot again and go into disk utility and I try to repartition one of the failed drives (time machine drive) and that fails but it does mount the drive so I can read it.
I try to repair the other failed drive and in the meantime I get an external 1TB drive to see if I can recover the time machine data to an external location before I try to putz with it again.
QUESTION:
So anyway any ideas how to get these drives to come back up clean? I'm not so concerned with the data as I run multiple copies of the data across a NAS and two of the three drives. fsck is just not getting me ther as I can't reliably get the drives remounted.Ok I tried to verify the two drives. One failed to umount (that's ok, more later) and the other umounted but failed to verify.
I attached an external 1TB drive. Formatted it and fired up Synk Pro. I dropped all of the directories from the failed disk into Synk and pointed it at the external drive.
I'm going to bed now and expect Synk to have copied my data from the failed drive by morning. If that all goes well then I'll grab another external drive adn see if on reboot the other disk comes up (it's the time machine disk). I'd like to recover all of that and then repartition the drive that is now working (kinda) and put the data back. I'll also grab a copy of DiskWarrior and see if I can get the second drive back online.
More later. -
Mac stuck on gray screen. Verify or repair failed please help
Okay so I have a Macbook with 10.5 on it. It recently started running really slow and could barely load anything on Safari and the spinning wheel kept popping up. I went to turn my mac on this morning and it turned on and just stayed at the gray screen with nothing on it. I ran the start up disc and went to disk utility to repair disc. This is what pops up: Verify and Repair volume "Macintosh HD" followed by Chekcing Journal HFS plus volume then Invalid Node structure(in red) Invalid B-tree node size (in red), and then Volume check failed and then an error message pops up saying Error: filesystem verify or repair failed. I checked my S.M.A.R.T and it is verified so I dont think its my harddrive, I have no idea what the problem could be any ideas on how to fix it, and i dont care if I lose all my data it was just simple stuff that wont matter to me.
There are some errors that Disk Utility just can't fix, and B-tree errors are one of them. Solution is to get a program like Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro (Disk Warrior is the product of choice) which can fix errors like that.
However, if you don't care if you lose everything, you could probably erase the hard drive, writing zero's to the drive, then reload your system and data. If that failed, then either get Disk Warrior, or for about the same money, you could buy a new hard drive. -
Firewire hard drive won't mount - Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Hi all - over the last day my lacie hard drive won't mount - i have tried it on various computers with the same result
disk utility can see it but won't mount or repair it reporting the following error
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
any help would be appreciated
best
darren/ukTry Disk Utility first. It's in your Applications/Utilities folder.
You'll want to select the disk in question, then +Repair Disk+ (not Permissions). This actually repairs the +File System+ that's on the disk.
If that works, you're ok, unless it begins happening frequently. Then you need to save up for a new one.
If DU can't fix it, then one of the others might. Disk Warrior is about $100, and many people here say it's the best. There are others for less money, but there's no guarantee that any of them will succeed.
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