What does the internal drive have to do with the disk warrior disk not booting?
On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:17 PM, John Robinson wrote: > No expert but I would replace the drive. They are very inexpensive and it > isn't worth losing all your data. DiskWarrior had been able to handle > everything but a bad disk for me. > > John > > > On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> Here's an update: >> >> I booted from the apple startup disk and repaired the disk. Part way through >> disk utility stopped and said it could not repair the disk. I needed to >> reformat the disk and reinstall my operating system. >> >> Next I booted from a Disc Warrior disk and after several minutes I got the >> message to restart the disk. >> >> I booted an older version of the disk warrior and again nothing happened and >> was told to restart. So I restarted from the Apple startup disk and tried to >> repair the disk a second time BUT I got a message that the disk was ok. I >> repaired permissions, and booted from the computer's hard drive but the >> problem with my program still exists. >> >> UGH! >> >> Harry >> >> On Sep 1, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> I have a 5 year old MacBook pro. I am running Mac OS 10.7.4. >>> >>> One of my programs, Sandvox ( a Mac Only website creator program by Karelia >>> <http://www.karelia.com>) has over a hundred templates. I began creating a >>> new website and chose a template (Telegraph Office) I had never used >>> before. When I started to edit the home page the program crashed. The crash >>> does not occur when I take the same steps with my current website templates. >>> >>> Karelia offers excellent tech support so I emailed them about the problem. >>> They had me email my console log and then the diagnostic logs. >>> >>> It took them a while to get back to me as they were having trouble finding >>> the problem. >>> >>> Here is what they said: >>> >>> >>>> Thanks. These files have given me some information, but not a lot to go >>>> on. It seems like the Mac is stuck at some low level trying to load in >>>> something from the disk, or possibly over the network. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if there may be some kind of file corruption, possibly in >>>> your copy of Sandvox (where the Telegraph Office design is embedded.) >>>> >>>> You may want to run disk first aid on your system - this might solve the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> To do this, open Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder in the Applications >>>> folder. Select your disk in the list at the left, and then click the >>>> "First Aid" tab. Click the help button (question mark) in the lower left >>>> corner of the window for more details. (You may have to start up from your >>>> Mac OS X installation disk and run Disk Utility from the "Utilities" >>>> menu.) Be sure to "Repair Disk" and not just "Repair Disk Permissions." >>>> >>>> Another suggestion, after this, is to download a fresh copy of Sandvox to >>>> replace the copy you have there. >>>> >>>> I'm *hoping* this will help! Good luck! >>> >>> >>> I ran the disk utility program, verify disk option, and received this >>> message in a pop up window: >>> >>> >>> This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart >>> your computer, holding down the >>> Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. >>> When the Mac OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility. >>> >>> Within the disk first aid window I also received this message: >>> >>> Invalid node structure >>> The volume Ethan could not be verified completely >>> Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the >>> Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R >>> key until you see the Apple logo. >>> When the Mac OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk >>> Utility. >>> >>> I am not sure what the "Recovery HD disk" is. I downloaded Lion from the >>> app store and I can start up from that disk. I also have install DVD's for >>> OS X 10.2 (which came with my computer), Panther (10.3) - 3 disks, Leopard >>> (10.5.6), and Snow Leopard (10.6.3). >>> >>> My questions are what is the Recovery HD and where do I get one or should I >>> start up with the Lion dvd and, if so, will I be able to repair the disk >>> and repair permissions? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> Harry Jacobson-Beyer >>> [email protected] >>> www.harryjb.us >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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