Hi all,
Alex said: Or use Disk Repair with your machine in Target disk mode
on another machine.
TK: This won't do it Alex as the Repair Disk option of Disk Utility
does not have the resources to complete this sort of repair.
Later...
On 24-Dec-08, at 7:10 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Scott,
I've had the same situation with some iMacs in the past. What
appears to happen is that the volume header information is somehow
damaged and thus you're unable to even do an Archive and Install.
Usually you can't even see the internal drive when you start up
from an external drive. This makes it difficult to retrieve your
data but not impossible. The only way I've been able to totally
recover the drive is using a software package called "Disk
Warrior". This software requires you to startup in target mode on
the affected machine from an external drive or using the provided
CD. Once repaired, your drive is right back to how it was prior to
crashing. The problem is that you'll need sighted assistance to
run this software, at least with the version I have. Things appear
accessible but the physical buttons are not located where VO reads
them, thus when you press the button, nothing happens. Amazingly
good recovery software but again you'll need sighted assistance.
Just Google it if you're interested, it costs about $100 if I
remember correctly. Not cheap but better than losing everything.
Later...
On 24-Dec-08, at 6:57 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
Hey folks, I have here one very unhappy macbook pro, hopefully
someone
on here has ideas that I haven't yet tried to get him back on his
feet.
So the other day, I boot the mbp up, get the usual chime sound, the
apple logo comes up, stays there for a minute or so, and the mbp
turns
straight back off. "not good" says I. I can't think of anything
I've
installed or changed lately to cause this. I've tried holding
option
and forcing it to boot from macintosh HD with the same result,
holding
shift key for safe mode with the same result, holding s for single
user mode with - you guessed it - the same result. I've booted from
my Leopard DVD and tried varifying and repairing the volume from
Disk
Utility there. In both cases, I get an error that says "filesystem
varify or repair failed", and ocasionally I get a "the underlying
task
has failed" instead... uh oh! Some frantic Googling later, I found
myself in terminal trying to repair the volume with fsck_hfs because
it seems some folks have had more luck this way, but no joy.
Terminal
does give me messages about an invalid sibbling link though
sometimes,
which while it isn't what I want to hear, at least it's something a
bit more specific.
If anyone has any thoughts, they'd be so worth a shot. I've got 100
GB or so of data on this thing that isn't backed up (yep,
apparently I
can be that stupid). I have space on an external drive that I just
picked up, if I can only figure out a way to get the data off and go
for a clean install.
TIA
Scott
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
