Sometimes you can't repair the disk if you're booted from it. Here are a couple things to try.
1. Backup the data portion of the drive using Finder Copy or CCC or something to a separate physical disk (2 copies if you have enough space). Verify the size and number of files in the original and backup drives to make sure you got everything. 2. Run a Time Machine backup if possible. 3. If you're running MacOS Server . . .and are using Open Directory . . .export a copy of the database and any configuration files necessary for the server. 4. Boot from the installation DVD and try running Disk Utility from there. 5. Try another disk repair utility like DiskWarrior. What you have is some sort of directory damage . . .there isn't enough information to tell if the CCC copy is good . . .it likely is good but one or more files (the ones that have bad directory entries on the original drive) may be corrupted. On Mar 6, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote: > > Hi All, > > Every summer I have disk problems on our SOHO server (probably because of the > excess heat and lack of fans on some external drives). > ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
