Volume needs minor repair

I've been having problems with opening applications and some websites such as itunes, quiktime, mirosoft word, iphoto, bascially most programs won't open. These programs out of the blue wouldn't open, I can't think of anything I did before these problems started. For instance I click the icon it bounces once a black arrow appers under it and then nothing happens. The When i try opening them from the application folder some might flash, but then nothing happens. I tried removing the plist files, but that didn't help. Then I ran disk permissions and nothing came up. Then I ran disk utilities from the Mac OS X install disk and did repair disk and this is what came up.
Verify and Repair disk
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Overlapped extent allocation (file 2948066d)
Overlapped extent allocation (file3235270d)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking Volume bitmap.
Volume Bitmap needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 615327 instead of 615325)
Repairing volume.
The volume could not be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Repair attempted on volume 1
1 volume could not be prepared
What now? What is volume and how can I fix it, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Unfortunately this error (failure on exit) means that the problem is more than minor. Here is what you can do:
1) Before doing anything I would strongly suggest backing up the data on your hard drive. Use instructions in this article
2) You may be able to use 3rd party disk utilities such as Disk Warrior (made by Alsoft) to repair this disk's directory. I say may, as there is a chance that it will not be successful.
3) If the utilities you try are unsuccessful, or you elect not to use them, you will need to erase and restore your hard drive, thus creating a new directory for the disk. After this, update your OS and applications, then put your data back on the hard drive using the steps in the article in step 1.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Volume bitmap needs minor repair for orphaned blocks

Every once in a while I'll verify permissions using disk utility. A few weeks ago I ran the verify disk and it came up with an issue like the one below. I repaired it and now it has happened again. This is the 3rd time actually. Is my SSD having issues and need replacement or is this common?
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
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(It should be 5712 instead of 1067949)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume bitmap needs minor repair for orphaned blocks
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 41504458 instead of 40442221)
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
Thanks.

The repair is inevitable and the sooner done the less data corruption will occur. Since the previous repair, has any app crashed or have you had to force-quit one? Under normal circumstances, this is the usual cause: the app craps out and doesn't get a chance to free up disk space used on temp files and such before croaking.

Volume Header needs minor repair

The last two days, when I start my laptop, it hangs with the message to reststart, so I do. THen I get a message to look at the logs and I can't. My system was also running slow so I thought it might be a good idea to run utilities. I did. Utility program stopped with this message and I can't pick repair disk:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
Disk Utility stopped verifying “Macintosh HD” because the following error was encountered:
The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Help! Any ideas?
Thanks
Amy

Hi Amy;
The only way you can repair the system disk is if you booted from another disk or CD. The easiest way to do this is to boot from the install media that came with your Mac and run Disk Utility from there.
Allan

Disk Utility: "Volume needs repair" - what to do?

I just ran Verify Disk and got this result:
Verifying volume “iBook HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file Database3_BROKEN-journal
(It should be 25 instead of 0)
0
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
,1)
1733913 /Library/Logs/Console/501/console.log.0
Overlapped extent allocation (file 1734737)
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 8593446 instead of 8593471)
The volume iBook HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
How do I repair this volume?
bob.m.

bob:
Disk Utility reports "Underlying task reported failure" when repairing a volume is a serious directory error which Disk Utility cannot repair.
•I suggest you read through the article.
•Then, if you do not have an up-to-date backup, it will be a good idea to try to save as much as you can of your data.
•The article suggests using a third party utility. Disk Warrior and Tech Tool Pro are the best utilities for this job. You will need to get one of them and run it, by booting from the CD, or installing it on an external firewire drive or on a second Mac which you can then run in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
Please do post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius

HT203176 i have a slow macbook, i ran live disk utilities and said I need to repair disk from a cd. did that, I got volume repaired from the external disk. when I reboot from hdd, then run disk utility, I get the same error message i did b4 repair

i have a slow macbook, i ran live disk utilities (from hard drive), turned out I needed to repair disk from a installation disk. Did that, I got the volume (Hard drive) repaired from the installation disk disk. To this point, great!
When I reboot from hdd, then run disk utility, I get the same error message i did b4 repair. I went thru two rounds of this.....
Can anyone help? thanks

Sorry guys, I don't see how to reply to you so I use reply to "me" basically.
So the error I get is "volume header needs minor repair" and then you need to perform repair from the installation disk message.
I did repair not verify from the disk twice. Every time ending in the "the volume had ha been successfully repaired". Then I reboot from the internal disk. Run disk utilities from it, do verify and get the same error message I got before repair. I hope this can shed some light fr you guys. Sorry I didn't include details in the original
MEssage.

Message from Disk Utility: iBook HD "Volume needs repair"

I just ran the "Verify Disk" routine and got this error message: "First Aid Failed" because "the underlying task reported failure on exit".
In verifying my "iBook HD" volume, the following errors were reported:
(1) "incorrect number of thread records" in the Catalog file.
(2) "Volume Bit Map needs minor repair"
(3) "Invalid volume free block count (should be 7719070 instead of 7719077)"
(4) The volume iBook HD needs to be repaired.
I would have run the "Repair Disk" routine, but its button wasn't highlighted, so I couldn't do this.
What to do now?
(by the way, the Disk Permissions are all OK)

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A crash, volume needs repair?

Hi, I have no idea what has happened. It's embarrassing but I can't even tell you accurately what OS X I was using but all my software was up to date. When I try to open applications like Safari, it says "you cannot use the application Safari with this version of Mac OS X" The same goes for iTunes and other apps. Some programs just quit unexpectedly when I try to open them. Seems like it reverted back to a very old operating system I didn't even know existed. Even the JPEGs open with a different program I don't use. When I click "about this mac" it says the memory capacity is 512 MB when I know it usually 250 GB and I currently have 25 GB free. I tried Disk Utility and the error messages read exactly as followed: Volume bitmap needs minor repair. Invalid volume free block count (it should be 6873884 instead of 6873859) The volume Machintosh HD needs to be repaired. Error: the underlying task reported failure on exit. First Aid failed. Disk Utility stopped verifying "Machintosh HD" because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit. HFS volume checked volume needs repair.
I stopped messing with it because I have no idea what to do and I don't want to make it any worse. I have installation disks buried in storage but I'll get replacements if that's what it is. I'm panicked. Please help

Welcome to Discussions - boot from your install disc and use Disk Utility to repair your volume. If that fails, get hold of DiskWarrior and use that.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
When you have finished, reboot and repair permissions from your hard drive.

"Volume needs Repair" -Disk Utility--what do i do?

So, my computer was freezing & I had the insight to run Disk Utility on the Repair part, everything comes up great, but on verify, under "Network"--Volume comes up needing repair. I looked it up under About the Mac & see that Volume is empty of info. Here is the report:
"Checking volume bitmap.
Volume bit map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 3922629 instead of 3922551)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit"
Don't know if it matters but the indented portions of the report were in red, otherwise, in black.
What exactly am I to do with this information? Thanks!

In this instance, "Volume" refers to the hard drive. (I quizzed my fiancée - she thought of speaker loudness too... )
10.1, 10.2 etc is the Mac Operating System version number. (ie My eMac is running Mac OS 10.4.9)
If you flip down the CD/DVD drive door on the front of your eMac, there is a sticker that has the serial number, a barcode, then a series of information.
In my case:
1.25G HZ/512MB/160GB HD/DVD-RW/CD-RW/56K MDM
Which means
1.25 GHz processor
512MB of RAM
160GB hard disk drive
DVD & CD burner
56k modem
Note that the "160GB" drive actually only holds 149GB of data - and will show up in Disk Utility as such, because of the difference between binary and actual bit sizes... (check out wikipedia...)
When looking at the list of drives to examine in Disk Utility, the internal hard drive will show up as "internal" in the list of attributes at the bottom of the page... (ie when you click on it, it then shows you
Disk Description - ST.......
Connection BUS - ATA
Connection Type - Internal
Connection ID - Device 0
SMART status should "work" (ie tell you if the drive is good/bad) because you're looking at the internal drive, not an external one.
All that said and done... I still strongly suggest looking inside the eMac's inspection hatch on the base of the computer... if your eMac is freezing up for no apparent reason, it's much more likely to be the capacitor issue than an error found by Disk Utility...

Slight Panic - Volume Needs Repair

Ok, so I am in a bit of a panic mode here right now. I started hearing a whine from my system hard drive today, so I backed it up and ran Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" option on it as a first step. Disk Utility tells me that there is a minor error and that the volume needs repair. Great. No problem. Except my machine refuses to start from the system DVD's that came with my G5. It's a revision A, so it came with Panther on it, but should that make a difference? I get as far as the blue screen when trying to boot from the CD and then it freezes. What are my options here? I need to repair this drive and see if the whining problem disappears and it comes back verified clean. HELP!?
EDIT: The error that comes back is: Volume Header needs minor repair. The volume MacintoshHD needs to be repaired. Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit.
Just moved this from the G4 forum. Didn't realize that's where it was! LOL. See what panic does?

So, I went with Bmer and the fsck option. I ended up
having to use the -f command rather than -y, not sure
why. It said it has something to do with the volume
being journaled. At any rate, after locating the
problem, it repaired itself and all is back to good!!
I ran disk utility immediately upon restart and the
volume passed. In addition, the whining that made
me feel like I was at a loud rock concert last night
is now gone as well. THANKS, BMER!!
Your welcome! I always recommend running fsck too after "forcing" your computer to restart after a crash. Your HD directory can get messed up and add to the original problem.
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"Volume Needs Repair" error message

My Mac has just recently stopped opening most applications. It started out with just Microsoft Office stuff but now won't even open itunes. I've tried using the Disk Utility and when I click on "Verify Disk" it give me this:
+*Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”*+
+*Checking HFS Plus volume.*+
+*Checking Extents Overflow file.*+
+*Checking Catalog file.*+
+*Checking multi-linked files.*+
+*Checking Catalog hierarchy.*+
+*Checking Extended Attributes file.*+
+*Checking volume bitmap.*+
+*Volume Bit Map needs minor repair*+
+*Checking volume information.*+
+*Invalid volume free block count*+
+*(It should be 27508684 instead of 27503468)*+
+*The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.*+
+*Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit*+
+*1 HFS volume checked*+
+* Volume needs repair*+
As well as this:
+*Disk Utility stopped verifying “Macintosh HD” because the following error was encountered:*+
+*The underlying task reported failure on exit*+
It won't even give me the option to Repair Disk.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm stumped.
-Noah

noahandmechelle wrote:
It won't even give me the option to Repair Disk.
No, it wouldn't while you are booted from your Hard Disk—you need to run Disk Utility from your Instal Disk to do this. See Using Disk Utility and fsck to resolve startup issues or perform disk maintenance.

Disk Utility Problems - Volume Needs Repair

Hi,
I have an iMac G5 (PowerPC) and when I ran Disk Utility I get the following error:
+"Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”+
+Checking HFS Plus volume.+
+Checking Extents Overflow file.+
+Checking Catalog file.+
+Illegal name+
+Checking multi-linked files.+
+Checking Catalog hierarchy.+
+Checking Catalog hierarchy.+
+Checking Extended Attributes file.+
+Checking volume bitmap.+
+Checking volume information.+
+Volume Header needs minor repair+
+to be repaired.",1)+
+Macintosh HD+
+Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit+
+1 HFS volume checked+
+ Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
to be repaired.",1)
Macintosh HD
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair"+
When I try to load off the Install CD to do the repair, I get an error saying something about "Kernal" and a grey box saying I need to restart.
I ran TechTool Deluxe and it did not find any problems.
What do I need to do to resolve this? I am not exactly sure what is wrong as I am not THAT technically inclined.
Any directions/help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Welcome to Discussions - what you are having are kernel panics, see Dr Smoke's Resolving Kernel Panics and follow his directions.
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Disk Utility Question? Volume needs repair

Hi ALL, I need some help. My system seems to be running slow, so I did a repair permissions - that was OK then I did a Verify Disk and got the message."First Aid Falled" -"Volume Header needs minor repair
d.",1)
S&M Hard Drive
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair " I have my Tiger Update disk but it will not bootup from it - not sure why? I do have my old install disk form my old iMac Version 10.1 - can I bootup from this disk and try fixing the issue? I would rather download something that's not expensive or free to help fix the issue. Any and all HELP would be GREAT!!!! THANKS Scott

Because the new software is insane. If there is a leading space on a line the line gets deleted. There's more insanity as well, but I would guess that's the problem with your post.
Anyway, your problem is that there is minor damage to your startup disk, which can probably be repaired. However, you can't repair the disk while booted from the disk. Boot from your install disk, then go to the menu and find Disk Utility there and use it to run the repair function, then reboot. If Disk Utility still can't repair the damage you need to buy a copy of Disk Warrior and use it.
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Hard Drive Volume Needs Repair...........Please Help

My Power/PC G4 with dual 1.25g processors with OS 10.4.11, is running very slow. I get the spinning beach ball whenever it tries to load anything from disk. I used disk utility to verify the hard drive. I got the following message;
Volume Header needs minor repair
The Volume needs to be repaired
1HFS Volume Checked
Volume needs repair.
I followed the instructions in Disk Utility to start my computer from my OS 10 install disk. The Disk Utility instructions gave the following instructions;
1. Insert OS 10 Disk
2. Hold down option key and start computer
3. Select Install and click arrow
4. Open Disk Utility
5. click install
6. open disk utility and click to repair
I followed the above but once I did step 3, I was on my way to do a new install.
Followed everything asked for on the screen, the next click was to start install.
Never once anywhere did I have the option for #4 above (open disk utility). I dont know what I am doing, just following directions. I aborted the operation as I did not want to clobber my installed 10.4.11.
Please tell me what I did wrong or how to get Disk Utility running from my OS10
install disk so I can run disk utility repair.
Thanks
Paul

Click here and follow the instructions. If there's no Disk Utility option in the Installer menu, use fsck.
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Stuck: Need Disk repair but DVD drive dead and only have USB 1

[1 Ghz flat-panel iMac with USB 1 ports (no USB 2) and also Firewire 400]
I noticed a strange discrepancy (small but concerning) between the size of a folder on hard drive (folder of all mp3's with no subfolders) and the backup of the same folder on a mounted thumb drive.
(The size difference was not due to any invisible .DS_Store files and both folders are displayed in List view format.)
Disk Utility reports three things:
1. Incorrect number of thread records
2. Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
3. Checking volume information.
Volume free block count",0) [I might have mangled this line]
(It should be 13438611 instead of 13437937)
Here is the GOOD (but these are useless as explained under the "Bad"):
- I have a Tiger 10.4 boot DVD for a repair ==>but see below
- I also have a Disk Warrior disk (never used)
Here is the BAD:
- My built-in optical drive [Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105] is -- I now discover - defunct and DEAD - it does not run the Tiger Boot DVD (in pristine shape).
- I bought an external SuperDrive (unopened) but I believe no boot from USB 1 is possible in PowerPC so a SuperDrive with USB 1 is useless.
Questions:
1.) Is there any way to boot from some external source (optical drive is DEAD) to run Disk Utility and/or Disk Warrior? -- I see none in this case! (gulp).
2.) More importantly (and this is my fundamental concern): Do the three Disk Utility hard drive issues constitute any direct threat to the integrity of my files?
I have almost everything backed up to duplicate thumb drives over these many months as standard practice.
Are these Disk Utility errors fully isolated to hard drive directory-keeping...or do these directory damage errors pose the possibility of mangling or harming my files or their metadata (filesize, etc.).
Put another way, when files are backed-up from a hard drive under the Disk Utility reports above, do they remain unharmed and undamaged by the situations reported by Disk Utility?
Thanks,
Bill

Jeff and Michael,
Thank you both for your generous and thoughtful input.
Michael: As I slept on it overnight, the exact same idea occurred to me of trying a Target Mode to the iMac from my Lion MacbookPro (I have it but stupidly have yet to use it much!).
I did buy a Firewire 800 (MBP) to Firewire 400 (iMac) adapter cable a few months ago!
CONCERN: Would there be potential compatibility issues or risks in running Lion 10.7's Disk Utility against the hard drive of the old OSX 10.4 iMac in Target Disk Mode?
==> Assuming an "it's ok" answer to the Target Disk question, would the majority of users agree that the Target Disk Mode would be more prudent than running:
fsck -fy in Single User Mode
I have never done fsck -fy before especially because I was under the impression there were issues with Journaled drived but from what I have read today...it looks ok to do)
Jeff: Can't thank you enough for the reference to the OTW DVD drive. I might first invest $10 in one of those DVD lens cleaner disks that I've read about. It's probably not the issue or else why would the drive read commercial Music cds perfectly well!
Thanks,
Bilil

Disk Utility reports minor repair required - how risky is this?

I was verifying permissions the other day and thought I'd check the hard drive as well. When running the verify hard drive it stopped with an error report as follows:
Volume Header needs minor repair
The Volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired
Error the underliying task reported failure on exit. 1HFS volume checked. Volume needs repair.
The Macbook seem to be running fine. Should I run the repair or leave it. Someone once told me that if the Disk Utility fails to repair the problem it can leave the disk unusable. Any truth in that?
Thanks
Michael
iMac G4 15" flat screen : MacBook 1.83 (Tiger) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Directory structure issues can lead to freezing, general slowness, startup issues (computer may not startup all the way), Applications or files may not open.
It is usually suggested to repair the disk with Disk Utility that came with the computer or a disk utility that is compatible with the operating system that you are using.
Here are some articles from Apple's knowledge base. Some are technical:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302411
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13628
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=7565
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19516
Directory structure issues usually are not HW issues, but is the way the computer or OS, stores/sorts information on the Hard drive.

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