Don't know if this was addressed or if it can even help, but if you installed Lion then you have a recovery partition on your hard drive. You won't see it on the desktop, but if you restart the computer holding down the option key, you can tab over to the "recovery hd". From there you can run disk utilities, reinstall the os, etc.
________________________________ From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [MacGroup] repairing disk and disk permissions 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 > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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