On Mar 9, 2009, at 5:18 PM, joe wrote:
> > On Mar 9, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > >> Joe; >> What I would try [Assuming that you have backups of all the files on >> the HD (both partitions)]. >> Keep Re-Running 'Disk Utility repair Disk' until there are no changes >> from report to report. >> At that point try and identify the 'culprit' file. delete that file, >> and then re-run 'Disk Utility repair disk' again. [Hopefully, is will >> allow 'repair disk' to now complete.] >> >> WHEN you get the HD to the point that everything that you want to >> save is 'elsewhere'. Go through a cycle of writing Zeros [To the >> whole HD, NOT individual partitions.] to give the hardware a chance >> to do it's magic of mapping bad sectors. Then, re-partition as >> desired, and restore things. >> >> Just the way I'd tackle this problem. [You did ask!! ;-)] > > Thanks, Chuck. I think that's the way I'll try it. > > On the other hand, if it's going to take 12 hours again (I've > already given it more than 12 hours on 4 occasions), I might just > erase the problem partition and restore my pretty nearly up-to-date > backup. (Again, whatever's messed up is what prevents me from > doing a full back-up right now.) > > I'd like to zero out the entire drive, but I don't think I have > enough space to back up the "good" partition of that drive. If I > trash enough stuff that I no longer need, I just might have enough > room somewhere to do it. > > > > ============================== > Joe the Juggler > 4148 Wyoming St. > St. Louis, MO 63116 > (314) 771-3243 > http://joethejuggler.com > ============================== > Joe: If you can't clear the whole HD. then thing to do is clear the smaller partition, erase (zero), altho I'm not sure that doing this at the partition level will let the 'bad sector' routines do anything. Then I'd do a 'Re-Install' of the OS as opposed to copying (cloning an existing partition) -- is would avoi dhe possibility of your 'clone' source possibly being the original source of the problem. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
