Volume Strcuture Failed when checked in TechTool Deluxe

Problems started last night. Suddenly, the MacBook started making a sound like the cat was sitting on a key or a key was stick. But that was not the case. I could type nothing. Could not even shut down. So I simply Powered Off. The problem continues, but seems to not occur if Iog in with my Finder holding down the Apple button on the keyboard. Anyway, I ran a Tech Tool and it says the volume structure failed. But the CD is diagnostic only. How do I fix. I thought I had Apple Care. How else would I have the Tech Tool Disc, right? But when I hit download on the Tech Tool it takes me to a site for checking for my registration and doesn't recognize it! I'm in Sydney and bought the machine in the U.S. Help!

I ran Tech Tool Deluxe because I could no longer back up externally nor se Time Machine. The diagnosis: Invalid volume count directory (It should be 947452 instead of 947453) and a second Invalid File County Directory (It should be 205127 instead of 205126). The volume McIntosh HD needs to be repaired? hat do I do now? In disk utility, I can't get the repair disk option/button to activate.
Do I take this to a genius bar? I have the Apple Protection Plan. I'm also in Sydney for the next three weeks.
I tried downloading Disk Warrior 4.0, but, a zip file won't be accepted into a GMail account, apparently. Where can I get this mailed to and downloaded, if I need it? (Snail mail will take weeks to Sydney.)

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location: class com.company.dev.jsets.dto.JobPartDTO
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/usr/sap/DJD/JC50/j2ee/cluster/server0/temp/CBS/eb/.B/10398/t/E63CF921E07C342BC77B3BB9E227D7A8/gwd/packages/com/company/dev/jsets/wdp/wdp/IPublicJobSetsComp.java:12779: cannot resolve symbol
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When to Install Techtool Deluxe?

I just recently purchased my iMac and I had a question about the Techtool. Is this a preventive program? One that you install before any problems so that it will find and alert you to problems? Or is it a program you install after there is a problem to find out what the problem is?
Thanks in advance for the help!

Get a bootable, external HD (preferably FireWire), and make a bootable backup/clone of your current HD and ensure that it's bootable and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall anything, if and when you have problems. The bootable backup/clone is also highly recommended before updating/upgrading. See these additional links for details:
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
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FYI TechTool Deluxe & desktop choices can result in false Video RAM "fail"

If you choose to have your desktop display random pics or images, when you run TechTool Deluxe you will end up with a "fail" on your video RAM test.
This is a false failure.
All you have to do is change your desktop to a constant image and the test will pass.
I found this out after having to reinstall my OS X and I ran TechTool Deluxe before restoring my backup and all tests passed. After restoring from backup to my desktop choice of random images changing every 5 secs, I ran TechTool Deluxe again and the test for video RAM "failed". Resetting my desktop to a constant image resulted in a "passed".

Well the apple test (on disk 1 of OSX) states that nothing is wrong. Though I will test again when the temp gets high since some people had been detecting problems.
as for 10.4.6 I downloaded it the other day.
I repaired the permissions had a couple things that it corrected (I don't know if I posting them would do any good) Out of curiousity how to permissions get incorrect? I'm so used to the windows file structure and DOS before that that i am a little confused. The last apple used alot before this macbook was an old Applee IIE.
and the TechTools still says there is an error, every time I have run the test. Though there have been some differences when I reboot or turn of and wait a second and then restart.

TechTool Deluxe. Does it work?

When I run TechTool Deluxe 3.0.3 (part of my Apple Care package) on my G3 iBook (10.3.8), it gives me no specific reports that it has found or fixed anything. It simply says everything Passed. Surely, some scruffy file fragment was located. Is it really worthwhile running this program? I also run Disk Utility to fix Permissions, after doing TechTool.
Is there a better diagnostic program than TT?

Hi Carl,
I agree with you completely: TTP has it good points and ditto for DW. I personally use TTP to degrag my HD about every 2 months or so. DW is great for taking a hard look at HD Directory files et al.
I currently am having my share of HD problems which neither program could fix. I recently experienced a HD crash and a lot of files were moved around, deleted or just lost in the chaos.
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"Volume Structure Failed" in TechTool Deluxe

I tried to run Disk Utility on my laptop last night and it said that it "stopped reapiring "XXX" because the following error was encountered. The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)" It said there was an invalid catalog record type and volume check failed.
I then ran the lastest update of the TechTool Deluxe CD. Everything passed except the Volume Structure.
There were some "used nodes" and "free nodes" that differed--those numbers showed up in green as "favorable changes". "Leaf Record Count" showed up in red as an "unusual change". When I go to repair, it says that "unusual values in the volume structure have been dectected. Before repairing the volume structure, it is suggested that you back up your data. FAILURE TO BACKUP YOUR DATA MAY RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF DATA!".
I do have a Retrospect Backup on my external drive, but I'm still a little nervous about clicking the "repair" button. How likely is data loss with this particular error that it's trying to repair?
I'd like to call Apple Support (I'm still under AppleCare for another week or so), but I'm not sure if they have Saturday hours.

Okay, here's what I ended up doing. I did end up calling Applecare Tech support, but mostly only to inquire about potential coverage if I needed it--since I was one week away from the expiration of Applecare. They opened a "case" for me and Applecare would remain in effect for 30 from the opening of the case. This was good news.
I tried using Disk Utility to repair the problem but it wouldn't work. I had repaired permissions and attempted to run “Check and Repair Disk”. Disk Utility said that it “stopped repairing ‘xxx’ because the following error was encountered. The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)”. It then said that there was an invalid catalog record type-volume check failed-volume was not repaired.
A friend of mine has DiskWarrior for Panther so we were going to try that before trying the TechTools Deluxe CD that I had just updated from the Apple site.
Went over today to do that. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the computer to boot up with the DW disk. It would boot up with the Install disc & TTD, but not DW. We tried booting with the option key. It did show that we could boot from "utility CD", but the minute we hit the arrow key after selecting it, we got a circle with a slash through it. We called DW support and they said that my computer was newer than the CD. This was strange since my friend's larger G4 Powerbook was only a couple of weeks older than mine and DW works fine on hers.
Anyway, we ran TTD and let it repair. Ran DU again and it still showed a problem that it could not repair. Ran it again--same thing. Ran TTD again--just to test. It showed that there was nothing that needed repairing. Ran DU yet again--3rd time for the afternoon. Did repair permissions first, then Repair Disk. Strangely enough, now it said the volume was fine and needed no repairing.
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So I ran TechTool Delux today.. my VRAM failed, as well as my Volume structure.
Now, it says that I should quit all apps, restart, check recently added hardware for proper installation, run the computer from another volume (if available), reinstall the OS, and finally contact applecare.
now, is it really necessary to reinstall the OS? i'm not even sure if I could, i'm not experienced with reinstalling an OS.
as for the Volume structure fail, it asks me to run techtool on boot, which is what i'm about to do.
anybody have experience with these fails? any help is appreciated.

When VRAM fails on a Powerbook, it means the logicboard needs replacement as the graphics chip is usually on the logicboard.
Volume structure failure may indicate a hard drive dying or simply a damaged directory. If your data isn't backed up, I'd get Prosoft Data Rescue and external hard drive to attempt to recover data from the drive. If your data is backed up, I'd get Alsoft Disk Warrior to attempt to repair the directory. To learn how to backup your data, see my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
* Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Volume structure failed error #2 techtool deluxe

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can the volume structure be repaired if techtool deluxe cant repair it.I am having major issues here since the latest security update its taken me this long just to startup from TT disc

Hi
I believe you will need TechTool Pro, as I don't know if Deluxe can do it or not, or Alsoft's DiskWarrior to repair your disk if Disk Utility can't.
Steve

Directory Scan and Volume scan failed on Techtool -- next steps?

I've been having serious problems with this MB pro, bought May 07, recently. There is a repetitive sound coming from the harddrive that freezes the computer while various processes are happening. The computer also takes a long time to start up and then only displays a fragment of my desktop picture (the original wavey blue background shows on the rest of the display). I did an extended hardware test and found nothing; TechTool shows the Directory Scan, Surface Scan and Volume Structure tests failed.
I'm downloading the bootable TechTool Deluxe file to try to do repairs, but I'm wondering what else I should be considering? I've backed up all data, but I'm wondering if I do a clean install of the OS if I'll lose applications that are currently on the hard drive?
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Noises from the hard drive are not a good sign, especially along with the other symptoms you describe. Here is a utility that may be able to give you further insight into your hard drive:
S.M.A.R.T. Utility
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32454
You can attempt to repair the software on your hard drive with Disk Utility, Tech Tool Pro, or Disk Warrior. However, if the hard drive is failing physically, you will not be able to repair the software satisfactorily.
If by a clean install you mean an Erase and Install, you could certainly try that, but you will lose all the applications that are not included in your install disc and you will have to reinstall them separately. Here is an article on installation options:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545?viewlocale=en_US
One other thing you may want to check is whether you might also possibly have the NVIDIA chip issue:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
Do you have an external FireWire hard drive with a bootable clone? If so, you could try booting from it and see if your video distortion is still there when booted from a different drive.
Good luck!

MBP had errors when Techtool Deluxe test was ran....

Below are the two items my MBP failed on... what can I do to resolve these two issues.... for the Volume Structure, I am going to insert the TT CD and boot that and repair it this way... but as for the Directory Scan, what can I do to fix this...?
Thanks.... any help is appreciated.
Directory Scan
Failed
Performs a read test of the directory area for the selected volume.
Media defects cause this test to fail. You should consider backing up the device, reformatting the media, replacing the data, and then testing again.
Volume Structure
Failed
TechTool Deluxe can scan volumes for problems related to the numerous structures that are necessary for the volumes to operate correctly. If problems are found, TechTool Deluxe can attempt to repair the damage to help reduce the chance of future problems.
If TechTool Deluxe has discovered problems with the volume structure of a volume, allow the program to repair the problem. Quite often these issues are minor, but sometimes they can be indicative of a more serious problem. If the problem persists, consider backing up the device, reformatting the media, replacing the data, and then testing again.

> but as for the Directory Scan, what can I do to fix this...?
Boot holding down Apple/S and don't let go until you see scrolling text.
When that stops and you see a root#: prompt enter
fsck -fy
Let it run through all the checks and repairs.
If it fails first time, at any time, or finds and fixes a fault - run the command again and keep doing so (some fixes can take several passes) until it says "Appears to be OK" then enter
reboot

TechTool Deluxe destroyed my Volume

Hi... I stupidly used the TechTool Deluxe v 3.03 (that came with my Apple Care Plan) on my G5 Dual running Tiger 10.4.7.
Basically - I installed a Microsoft Office update last night. This morning I was greeted with a black screen over my desktop and application screen that contained the text "kernel panic".
I restarted my Mac and then ran Disk Utility to repair permissions etc.
(Obviously it wouldn't do it as it was my startup disk.)
So I started up from my G5 install disk (10.4) and tried running Disk Utility from there. It was unable to repair - stopping part way through and mentioning something about a bad or illegal "exit" or something.
Alongside the G5 install disks was the Apple Care branded TechTool Deluxe CD (v3.03). I figured - if it's good enough for Apple to be giving out with its 3 year extended warranty...
So I inserted that and ran it on my drive - which - apart from the Disk Utility 'error' - had been working fine. (I know - if it works, don't fix it, right?)
I ran the test - watched it go through the pretty icons until it got to the Volume test... 2 hours later it was stilll on task 5 of 6 and had completed 126543789 of 6457382546 tasks.
At the end of all that - it came up with a diagnosis - which was pretty similiar to all the other disk utility screens. You've got x when you should have y. This is bad. The fact that you have j when you should have p is not so bad. But you should fix this.
So I pressed the 'fix' button.
When I restarted after the TTD assault was over - I was greeted with a tiny rectangular black screen in the centre of my display and no cursor. Eventually the fan started screaming and spinning louder and harder so I shut the computer down. Nothing I could do seemed to have any effect.
That was 15 hours ago.
Since then I have started the G5 in Target Mode and tried to repair it with Disk Warrior. Disk Warrior tells me that, in essence, another utility has destroyed the volume file structure and cannot repair it. I have tried to repair it using an updated version of TTD. This seemed to fix the problem - went through the whole file thingy and a recommendation and did the repair.
To no avail.
I made a disk image from a version of TTD downloaded from Apple at https://support.apple.com/techtooldeluxe/main?id=dl and tried to start the G5 up from that and run the utility. Same thing: it ran the tests and made recommendations - which I agreed to. It made its repairs. I restarted - but nothing - just that black screen and a the threat of my tower taking off - judging by the noise the fan was making.
Now I have searched all over the web for a solution to this.
I found a thread at a macintouch forum that covered an identical issue. (http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/technicalsupportissues/topic3006.html)
One of the posters claimed to have found a magic cure for what everyone at Apple was telling him was a dead duck issue. "Dead hard drive. Sorry about the TTD thing, but we don't suggest you use it. And we knew that this problem existed. But we still gave you an ill-suited version of TTD as a 'perk'(incentive) for buying the extended warranty...
Apparently someone at Micromat had a way of fixing this problem. I quote:
"To resolve the issue I removed the Attributes file from the structure and then let the drive recreate a new Attributes file. Once a new Attributes file was created, the hard drive remounted on the desktop as expected. I did run the soon-to-be released TechTool Deluxe 3.0.4 on this hard drive afterwards and it encountered a volume bitmap issue which it was able to repair successfully."
Does anyone have any suggestions? Help? Please!
Of course - explaining how Apple can knowingly supply a defective Apple-branded tool (bearing no warnings or System Version limitations) that does exactly the OPPOSITE of what it is being used for (destroying instead of repairing) is going to be very difficult.
Right now I would love to be able to recover my life's work. Music. Photos. Writing.
Thanks!
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G5 Dual 2.5GHz, 2.5 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I was contacted by Marc Moorash from Alsoft, who guided me through the following process. (Well - at least up to Step 10 below).
The whole process probably took an hour from start to successful finish. I was on the phone to him for about 3 minutes!
1. Connected damaged G5 to Powerbook via Firewire 400 using Target Mode.
2. Launched Disk Warrior 3.03 from CD on the Powerbook
3. Selected the drive (Unknown Disk) to be repaired
4. Held down Ctrl+Opt and clicked on the DiskWarrior shield next to "Directory"
5. A hidden screen popped up asking for a password. It gave an 8 character hint:
6. The tech support asked for the hint and then supplied me the password.
7. A new menu appeared, called "Support". In that menu there was an option: "Clear Corrupted Volume Header ", which I selected.
8. I was then asked to click "Rebuild" and to call out each Step in the process to the tech support guy.
9. It almost immediately jumped to Step 5: Locating directory data.
10. Evidently this was good...as it meant that it had bypassed the error message I was getting previously.
11. Eventually DiskWarrior finished analyzing the volume and presented me with the option to preview the rebuilt volume:
12. I clicked on the "Preview" button and DW created a locked disk in the Finder.
13. I checked the volume: everything was fine.
14. I clicked on the "Replace" button.
15. My hard drive appeared on the desktop, and in the DiskWarrior menu.
16. I am now backing up all the data that I thought I had lost.
Thanks to Marc Moorash and the tech support team at Alsoft.
No thanks to AppleCare and TechTool Deluxe.

Repairing volume with techtool deluxe

My MBP is on the protection plan which means I have techtool deluxe. The software has found an error in the volume. The directions for the software state to restart the mac from the appple menu and hold down the C key while starting the MBP with the cd in the drive. This supposedly is going to start the MBP from the cd and start techtool deluxe's repair programs. My problem is that when I restart holding the C key my MBP just starts up normally. Am I not doing it correctly? Does C key mean the apple/cmd key? Does C key mean the ctrl key?
Has anybody ever used techtool deluxe to repair a bad volume?

Do not use TT Deluxe to repair your drive. It is not compatible with Intel Macs. Instead use Disk Utility. Do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

TechTool Deluxe-Video RAM fails

New iMac running Leopard. It came with AppleCare and TechTool Deluxe 3.1.1. I did a check on my iMac, and Video RAM failed. I am wondering whether this is due to Leopard imcompatibility?(I did get a warning when I started TechTool). or there is something wrong with iMac. Thanks.

Try running the Apple Hardware Test and see what it says. I have heard of incompatibility if the Tech Tool Deluxe is not for Leopard. You could probably take the Tech Tool Deluxe back to Apple and ask for something that is current and will work with Leopard. They should be willing to swap out the disc for you if they have something more current on hand, or have a suggestion as to what to do. There might be a download.
Good luck!

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