That worked . . .I'll just reinstall the OS on the volume now. On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Macs R We wrote:
> No, just erase the bad volume, not the entire disk. That should > re-initialize the file system in that partition. > > On Feb 21, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > >> Haven't tried erasing it yet . . .if I can't get it fixed I can do that >> though . . .which should fix the problem but I was hoping there was a >> simpler answer. It's an emergency boot volume and I hate to waste an hour >> reinstalling the OS on it unless I have to. >> >> I don't have a current copy of DW . . .the last copy i have is 3 or so years >> old . . .but Disk Utility, Drive Genius and TechTool Pro 5 are all happy. >> >> The only thing that appears amiss is that it doesn't show up in Finder >> windows until I use the Go to Folder option and then it shows up as grayed >> out instead of normally. >> >> On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Macs R We wrote: >> >>> Did you try erasing the touchy partition with Disk Utility? >>> >>> Did you try siccing Disk Warrior on it to see what handy diagnostic >>> messages it might provide? > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk ----------------------------------------------- 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-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
