Hello, I suggest you get and run Disk Warrior. Compatible versions up to and including Lion. Learn more at: <http://www.alsoft.com/> . --russ preston
On Jun 11, 2012, at 1:20 PM, JJ wrote: > Open error 5: "Input/output error" on > System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/test/test_ossaudiodev.pyo > > > > I've run disk utility 3 times now.. this is the first time I've gotten this > message... now there are about 15 "open error 5" messages... > > Every time I run it-- i get more and more. Something tells me I'm going to > be replacing the hard drive in this within the next couple of days... > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Neal Hammon <[email protected]> wrote: > JJ- > > You just explained what the problem is. The music young people now fancy is > worse than a virus. Tell you son to stop downloading the stuff, as it is > polluting your computer. > > Neal > > > On Jun 11, 2012, at 12:33 PM, JJ wrote: > > Thanks Lee! > > At this point, we had to do a clean install. It's still very buggy, lots of > spinning beach balls when you click on anything. Even after the clean > install.. Typing this I can type a few words and the spinning beach balls > appears. > > It may not have been a "virus" but that's what I leapt to. My son was on the > computer downloading music the nite before this all happened. He restarted > the pc "from restart" after he was done and that's when the problems began. > So I "assumed" it was virus related because of that. > > Nothing is in it's right place, even after the install. Every time I have to > restart, it changes something -- either fonts, icons, screen savers, desktop > backgrounds -- you name it-- on every restart something gets changed. > > After the clean install, I left the room because it was going to take an hour > or so. I was in the kitchen fixing dinner, and heard the "tones" that it had > restarted. After dinner, I came back to work on it again... and had a > "desktop".. and not a screen to select for a backup! It picked one for me! > > I immediately did a software update, installed those. It restarted. Again, > things were changed but it did restart. I went to time machine.. and it was > wiped! Nothing there! Checked my hard drive... everything from Time Machine > was there! > > I don't know what is going on... I'm getting lots of beachballs still. I > just finished verifying and repairing disk permissions. So, going to reboot > and see if things are any better. It's not responding instantly when I click > on anything... takes forever for it to respond to the simplest of tasks. > When I "shut down" it takes about 10 minutes to get to the log in screen. > I'm getting a ton of pop ups saying "it's not responding" wait or quit while > I'm typing this. > > Apparently, the clean install wasn't so clean. So..... that's where I am at > the moment. > > Judy > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:46 PM, JJ wrote: > >> Apparently it got a virus. Can't even get into terminal on it even in Safe >> Mode. Spotlight doesn't work either. SO will have to wipe it, reinstall >> and hopefully, time machine will work. It won't now! > > Why do you say this? Is there any evidence of a virus? It would be a strange > virus indeed causing the symptoms you describe. Most malware tries not to > cause visible disruption. > >> Just weird that wifi works on every other device but I can't ping the router >> to see what is connected on any device that can connect to the internet. >> Nothing works on the imac though -- says it's connected by ethernet and >> airport -- at the same time even. I can deselect and neither works either. > > Because you can’t see your router at 192.168.0.1, doesn't mean the router > isn't there. That's just the most common address. For example, I keep mine at > 192.168.1.255 for obscure reasons. Go into another device that's working and > look for your router address in the network settings. It will be called > router or gateway. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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