Hi Mary Kaye, Rob is exactly right. You've incurred some directory damage that needs repair. Follow his directions.
Indications are that you do not have a hardware related problem nor an OS X related problem. Just a damaged directory which can occur through regular usage of some not so stable system components or applications. My guess is you had problems leading up to this. Good Luck! Ward Oldham on 10/29/2002 7:28 AM, Rob at laffmakr at aye.net wrote: > MaryKayeS at aol.com wrote: > >> All of a sudden my iMAC (G3, 600mghz, running 9.2 and I have or had osX >> installed) started flashing a small window that says >> "The disk "Macintosh HD" appears to be damaged. Use a disk repair >> utility to >> repair the disk." >> >> All of the folders and info from my desktop have disappeared. >> >> I ran the Disk First Aid, It says "Problem: Invalid key Length 4, 7167" >> Cannot repair. >> >> Then I ran my Apple hardware CD and it says that everything appears >> OK???????? >> >> Sherlock says, "Unable to search this volume "Macintosh HD" because of >> unexpected errors occurred. >> >> When I go to Startup Disk in the Control Panel, osX does not appear. >> >> What should I do next? Any help would be appreciated. >> >> >> Mary Kaye >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >> For more information, see . A calendar of >> activities is at . >> >> >> > Oops... > > You're still able to boot from 9.2.2 on the hard drive, correct? > > When you ran Disk First Aid, did you run it from the hard drive? If so, > try booting from the 9.2.2 installer CD and run Disk First Aid from there. > > If that doesn't work, you might want to invest in a disk repair program > like Norton Utilities or Disk Warrior. In fact, you might want to invest > in one anyway. > > In the meantime, while you can still boot into OS 9, back up all of your > important stuff. > > rob > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
