On Oct 30, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Gregg Dinse wrote: > I was able to boot in single user mode and was given the option of exiting or > running fsck, so I chose the latter and typed what the message said: > /sbin/fsck/ -fy > > I got a few lines of output, which ended by saying: > > invalid index key (4, 7173) > rebuilding catalog B-tree > The volume MacHD could not be repaired
Sounds like the drive is definitely bad. What you need to determine is if anything else is bad. If you can run the hardware test, that should help: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509 If it only finds the HD bad [this is, assuming you can boot into the AHT mode or boot from the DVD that has AHT on it], then a simple replacement of the HD should have you back in business [though I don't believe an iMac's HD is easy to replace, so I'd recommend taking it to an authorized Apple Repair Center and having them install your spare HD - I've done that before and they have no problem putting in a user-purchased drive, as long as it meets the specs of the Mac [eg: SATA, etc]]. /vjl/_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
