Verify volume failed: Invalid request.

Hi,
I've just installed Bootcamp 4.0 on my MBP, installed Windows 7 - and all was working fine.
In the past 20 minutes I tried to boot into my Bootcamp but it failed and said that it couldn't find the operating system.
I then booted back into Lion and went to disk utilities and now my Bootcamp partition gives me:
Verify volume failed: Invalid request.
Any ideas what I can do?

You could also download and burn (slowly) Windows 8 ISO.
No I am not a bit-mind-reader but sometimes those Microsoft Windows Patch Tuesday do bite some systems, which is why restore check points, regular maintenance like CCleaner are handy.
Windows 8 Release Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/default
AIDA64 Extreme Edition
http://www.aida64.com
http://www.aida64.com/product/aida64-extreme-edition/overview
CCleaner
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
How to view error message:
From Control Panel-> Admin. Tools-> Event Viewer-> Windows logs:
Check Application and System Folders for Red highlit messages. Note that you can right-click clear these log folders.
Memtest
This is a step by step guide with audio and video to explain how to use memtest to see if your memory is defect:
Another thing to add is that some errors will not be found on the first pass, best to do at least 3 passes.
http://www2.corsair.com/training/how_to_memtest/

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Hi gizeh12!
Are you able to verify the volume of the disc (not permissions)? It could possibly be some bad/corrupt sectors on the drive. Is it a white box with a dashed line outline? Does the file size show the accurate value in "Get Info" when you click on the file?
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I'm trying to get a new 2.5tb external wd hard drive to work with both my mac and my old pc - so i can backup my old data from the pc.
i have tried using disc utility, and erasing the disk and reformating to ms-dos (fat) format and recieve the following error message:
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Alias7 wrote:
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You had these sorts of errors, then zeroed-out the drive, now you have them again?
There's only one conclusion: your drive is failing. They don't always just crash and burn.
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That's it's internal name to OSX. Use +System Profiler+ (Apple menu, +About this Mac,+ then +More Info.+
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Repair the drive:
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Checking Extents Overflow file.
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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.

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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
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Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
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Verify Disk failed for Time Machine backup disk

Thread <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7930301&#7930301> discussed a similar issue, but it was closed without an answer so I'm opening a new one.
After a power failure I ran Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on my boot disk and Verify Disk on another that I use to store media files; neither had significant problems. Then I ran Verify Disk (verify, not repair; and disk, not permissions) on my Time Machine backup disk. It started spitting out the errors shown below. The time remaining counted up to 16 minutes, but wasn't coming down very fast so I left it running overnight. My machine is set to not sleep or spin down the disks. The next evening it was down to 12 minutes left, and was still spitting out the same errors. The second evening it was done, having failed out as shown in this log file excerpt:
2009-06-20 22:25:48 -0400: Verifying volume “Backup”
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2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Extents Overflow file.
2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Catalog file.
2009-06-20 22:35:21 -0400: Checking multi-linked files.
2009-06-20 23:08:17 -0400: Checking Catalog hierarchy.
2009-06-20 23:16:59 -0400: Checking Extended Attributes file.
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2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 3763501)
2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: (It should be 0x2 instead of 0x0)
2009-06-22 15:14:54 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:14:57 -0400: Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 7746623)
2009-06-22 15:14:59 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:15:00 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:15:02 -0400: (It should be 0x2 instead of 0x0)
2009-06-22 15:20:35 -0400: Checking volume bitmap.
2009-06-22 15:20:37 -0400: Checking volume information.
2009-06-22 15:20:39 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:20:41 -0400: The volume Backup needs to be repaired.
2009-06-22 15:20:43 -0400: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400:
2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400: Disk Utility stopped verifying “Backup” because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
At that point the whole system was extremely sluggish, and the access light on the backup disk was flashing steadily. The pmTool process seemed to be running away, but the system wasn't responsive enough for me to do much about it, so I held down the power button to shutdown. Upon the 2nd restart the system booted and seems to be OK, but I'm leery of running another Verify Disk.
What's going on? Are those errors anything to worry about? Is it possible to run Verify Disk on a Time Machine backup disk? What about Repair Disk?

John Seal wrote:
2009-06-22 15:20:43 -0400: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400:
2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400: Disk Utility stopped verifying “Backup” because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
At that point the whole system was extremely sluggish, and the access light on the backup disk was flashing steadily. The pmTool process seemed to be running away, but the system wasn't responsive enough for me to do much about it, so I held down the power button to shutdown.
Any time Disk Utility says you need to repair a disk, you need to repair it. Period.
So run it. If it fails to repair everything, run it again (and again) until it either repairs everything or can't repair any more. If it can't repair it, post back and we'll discuss options.
There's no point in running +Verify Disk+ on an external drive; just run +Repair Disk.+ The only time +Verify Disk+ is needed is for your internal HD (because you can't repair the disk you're running from).
And you need to do that again because of the forced power-down. Any time there's an abnormal shutdown, it's possible the file system on your internal HD can be damaged. Usually it isn't, but it's possible. If that says you need to repair it, you'll have to boot from your Leopard Install disc and use it's copy of DU. Post back if you need to do this but don't know how.

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I am having troubles with Time Machine, backing up to a new Time Capsule, after I have switched one of the drives being backed up. I replaced a 250 GB external drive with a 500 GB drive, but have given it the same name (otherwise lots of links break). Now I get the following error everytime Time Machine runs:
Error (12): Link of previous volume failed for Athena Disk 2
Where 'Athena Disk 2' is an external USB drive being backed up, which was swapped with a new drive.
Disk Utility reports the drive is clean. I've seen a few other references to similar problems in the forum, but no solution. Console reports that the first (internal non-switched) drive has a bunch of files being backed up, but it seems to abort when it tries to backup the drive that was switched.
I've tried disabling backups, removing the Time Capsule disk and then setting it up again, in an attempt to 'reset' something, but to no avail.
Any ideas? I'm guessing there is a filesystem ID or something similar that Time Machine is using, and it notices that something has changed, but doesn't know what to do about it.
Thanks,
Dave Filip.

I'm having a similar problem, which seemed to start coincident with either a 10.5.6 update OR the replacement of my internal drive with a larger drive (I don't remember which...).
Time Machine backup logs now start similar to this one:
2/9/09 9:30:03 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Backup requested due to disk attach
2/9/09 9:30:03 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Starting standard backup
2/9/09 9:30:04 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Backing up to: /Volumes/H. G. Wells/Backups.backupdb
2/9/09 9:30:14 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
2/9/09 9:30:14 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|
2/9/09 9:30:23 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Backup requested due to disk attach
All of this seems right except for that business about UUIDs, but then we get this:
2/9/09 9:48:52 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] No pre-backup thinning needed: 113.94 GB requested (including padding), 327.41 GB available
2/9/09 10:13:23 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type FREF (id 133, length 7, native = no)
2/9/09 10:13:24 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type FREF (id 133, length 7, native = no)
2/9/09 10:13:29 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type open (id 128, length 12, native = no)
2/9/09 10:13:29 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type open (id 128, length 12, native = no)
2/9/09 10:13:40 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type FREF (id 128, length 7, native = no)
2/9/09 10:13:40 AM com.apple.backupd[35512] CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type FREF (id 128, length 7, native = no)
2/9/09 11:43:10 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Copied 409803 files (94.1 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
2/9/09 11:43:10 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Error (12): Link of previous volume failed for Macintosh HD.
2/9/09 11:43:10 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Error (12): Link of previous volume failed for Macintosh HD.
2/9/09 11:43:16 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[35512] Backup failed with error: 12
which leaves me with a few questions:
a) I don't have fresh backups, and that leaves my system a bit vulnerable. Can I fix this somehow?
b) I don't want to have to start over, but if I do how can I salvage the existing backups at least for the next year or so?
c) What the heck are those "CoreEndianFlipData" errors all about?
Thanks in advance.
Ron

Verify volume failed: Invalid request.

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