To all who have helped, I've used DiskWarior successfully and am now using DiskWarrrior on every HD that I have used as a spare at one time or another.
I was astounded at the number of directory foul ups no doubt in major due to the accumulated history of improper shutdowns. When I get running to my satisfaction I will be using DiskWarrior as maintenance software on what ever I am currently operating. I also successfully used the "terminal" command to mount a read only HD. DiskWarrior is much superior but will only process HDs that are already mounted. I've been able to recover files that I had not attmpted to read for several years and didn't reallize were not recoverable, in particular, one text file in particular that I had made several hours of entries two days ago when that drive packed it in. I have my current files backed up on three different internal drives and two different external drives. Once again, thanks to the experience and knowledge offered by the group members. Mel --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: "exceded maximum B tree depth" To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 3:41 PM OK, I get it. I'm also going to try using DiskWarrior. --- 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, 11:13 AM At 10:22 AM -0800 2/7/2012, Mel wrote: > 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. Right after the "$ " prompt. When the new shell window opens, the cursor should be right there, ready to go. Just start typing. In the settings dialog (Terminal > Window settings > Display panel), you can change the cursor style to suit your visual needs... eg: dans-quicksilver:~ dan$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: type name size identifier 0: Apple_partition_scheme *57.3 GB disk0 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 KB disk0s1 2: Apple_Driver43 28.0 KB disk0s2 3: Apple_Driver43 28.0 KB disk0s3 4: Apple_Driver_ATA 28.0 KB disk0s4 5: Apple_Driver_ATA 28.0 KB disk0s5 6: Apple_FWDriver 256.0 KB disk0s6 7: Apple_Driver_IOKit 256.0 KB disk0s7 8: Apple_Patches 256.0 KB disk0s8 9: Apple_HFS ST360021A 57.1 GB disk0s10 - 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
