Thanks Lee, I'll give all this a try. Appreciate your help. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 3, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 3, 2016, at 11:29 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Like many teens, he didn’t pay a bit of attention and the drive was never >> backed up AND in all these years the Directory was never rebuilt… >> >> Now the thing is SO bad when I ran the latest DiskWarrior, going into the >> Terminal, and letting DiskWarrior do it’s thing from the root I finally get >> a message that the directory is SO DAMAGED it can’t be rebuilt and this may >> have caused mechanical damage. >> >> First, EVERYONE needs to rebuild the Directory once in awhile, less >> frequently on Mac’s with little usage, but a college student with all their >> continual work needs to do this often… > > You could try another directory fixer such as TechTool or Drive Genius. They > might be better with the particular problems on that drive. I assume you’ve > tried Apple’s Disk Utility. There’s always Data Rescue that doesn’t mess with > directories, but searches the whole drive to find files. > > I never rebuild my directories and haven’t had problems. On laptops, I try > not to close the lid while files are being written and I wait for the power > light to start “breathing” before I move the machine. > >> Second, do you think if I reformat the drive all will be O.K.? I don’t have >> a good backup since he never did this either but at least I would be back in >> business and we could see if any of the items are retrievable off >> TimeMachine. > > If the drive’s SMART status is good and it passes a surface scan by something > like TechTool, it seems to me reformatting it ought to work. > >> Instead of doing this do you think Apple would have tools that would be more >> powerful than DiskWarrior and it would be best to take this to them? > > Could be worth a try. They may have better software to take advantage of the > journal file. > > Of course, you should keep in mind their primary mission is to sell you a new > drive or even a new machine. I’ve replaced hard drives for many people who’ve > been told by Apple their original drive was bricked. They’ve often given me > the “bad” drive. I've then used the “bad” drive for years afterward with no > problems. > > L^2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
