Thanks Bob, I had run Disk Warrior from my back-up external disk but it could not repair it. On your advice I ran Disk Utility from it and it repaired it! I underestimated the Disk Utility thinking Disk Warrior would be better.
Having repaired it I again ran Disk Warrior and this time it also worked. My panic is now over. I thought it might have been physical HD problem. Thanks again. Lloyd > > On 02/05/2007, at 1:53 PM, Lloyd White wrote: > > I have run Disk Utility on my iMac and this was the message I received. > "Volume header needs repair. > The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired. > Error - The underlying task reported failure to exit. > 1 HFS Volume checked. Volume needs repair." > > Does this mean my Hard Disk needs to be replaced? Can a HD be > "repaired"? > Or > Does it mean I should re-install the OS? > > Disk Warrior says much the same. It cannot repair it. > > There are no obvious symptoms of impending disaster but I have backed-up > everything. > > Lloyd > > Start up from another system ...( external firewire would be > OK ) ...... and run Disk Utility > to repair the volume, and then see what you have > > Lot's of times it will repair , but depending on the trouble you may > need to do a reformat . > > You cannot do a repair from the OSX working on the HD > > > Bob -------- Lloyd White 22 Challenger Parade City Beach Western Australia 6015 Ph: and Fax: (08) 9385 8174 Write a Winning Job Application 3rd Edition. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.au/ -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
