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
>>> 
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