i had the same message not long ago, but diskutility refused to repair it, i backed up all data (with lacie's "silverkeeper"select bootable) - ereased the hd & put all back.......i used the original tiger installer dvd to do the ereasing
cheers James

On 02/05/2007, at 13:53, 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




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