Reboot in single user mode and run fsck -fy Should check your drive for errors.
Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 21 Jan 2011, at 00:57, westwit <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sam - I have now downloaded Hazel. > > The problem I have now encountered is that I can't fully empty the > Trash. There were over 100,000 files and at first the computer kept > crashing part way through (screen dimming slowly down from the top). > Eventually I got it down to 15,000 files but always the crash and same > number left in Trash after re-boot. I downloaded TrashIt but it > didn't work. I then tried using Terminal with the sudo rm -rf etc > command and got it down a bit more; then realised that I needed to > specify external drives and did the sudo etc with the Volumes/ > */.Trashes etc command. > > That sorted out most of the files, but now I am left with a stubborn > group of 19 files in Trash. They all originated on the FreeAgent > drive, all are shown as Alias with Zero KB on disk but they will not > go away. > > Any thoughts on how to clear out these last few files? > > David > > On Jan 20, 7:07 pm, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hazel will auto empty the trash, among many other useful things. >> >> Sam >> >> -- >> MacAmbulance >> Sam Mullen >> 07747778022 >> [email protected] >> >> On 20 Jan 2011, at 18:46, westwit <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Thanks Sam, >> >>> Almost as soon as I had posted I realised that I could 'select all' >>> files in the trash folder once opened from the Dock, and then copy >>> them to a new folder before emptying! I have ordered a new 2TB WD >>> Firewire MyBook (I already have a 1TB ditto and a 750 GB USB Seagate >>> FreeAgent). I have a lot of video footage to import into iMovie as >>> events and then edit, so I plan to use the old 1TB MyBook for this and >>> use the 2TB MyBook for Time Machine, asking it to back up the internal >>> HDD and the 1TB MyBook. The Seagate I will use to store archived >>> docs, photos etc. Unfortunately it's not easy to put a larger drive >>> inside the iMac, so several externals seem to be the way ahead. >> >>> Is there some way of limiting the size of the Trash folder so that >>> older items are deleted automatically to make room for new ones? >>> There was a setting for this on my Windows PC, but I haven't found one >>> on the iMac. >> >>> Regards >>> David Beveridge >> >>> On Jan 20, 5:53 pm, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Open Trash in the Dock, that'll show you the contents of the Trash and >>>> allow you make a copy. >> >>>> Instead of deleting items, why not put a 1TB/2TB drive into the iMac. >> >>>> If you've got too much stuff for your house, buy a bigger house! >> >>>> Regards >> >>>> Sam >>>> MacAmbulance >>>> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >>>> Sam Mullen >>>> 07747 778022http://www.macambulance.co.uk >>>> [email protected] >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
