Dan, Re,: Here are the directions to do the mount: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23941
I went to the link, down loaded the instructions, printed and studied the instructions. I've opened Terminal in (Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and looked for a place to type the command diskutil list but don't know where to type this command. Can you help? Mel --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: "exceded maximum B tree depth" To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 6:54 AM At 9:42 PM -0800 2/6/2012, Mel wrote: > I would like to recover seven files/folders that were on the desk top of a HD > that will no longer mount after bootup. > [snip] > The HD is an internal slave HD in a PowerPC 400 MHz G4 Mac desktop with 768 > SDRAM and OS 10.4.11 installed. The HD has more htan 22,000 hours on it. > > Disk Utility checked that HD but could not repair it. "Disk Utility" > displayed the error message: "exceded maxmium B tree depth," which is > apparently a directory problem. That is an error beyond the capability of > "Disk Utility" to repair. Yea. Fsck, the unix tool underneath Disk Utility, is a bit simple minded. > If I can get that HD to mount, and if those seven files/folders are readable, > I can then copy them from the desk top to one or more other HD's so that I > have a back up and some peace of mind.. > > I have Disk Warrior bought October 20, 2011 from Alsoft. > > Before I use Disk Warrior, are there any pitfalls I should be aware of? Disk Warrior is a great utility. It works by rebuilding the file system from the ground up, instead of trying to repair it in place. First, try mounting the volume read-only. That might be enough to get those files off it. If that fails, then run Disk Warrior. Here are the directions to do the mount: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23941 HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
