Hi Chris, No good backing up the drive until you repair it.
> Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility? You have OS X 10.4.11 installed on your MacBook Pro, so you need to use the OS X 10.4 install disc to repair the drive. "Repair Disk" won't worry your Bootcamp partition. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 09/01/2013, at 3:09 PM, Chris Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ronni > > You are a legend! > > Thankyou once again for your advice, as my brain was not working too well > yesterday on account of not much sleep. > > Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility? > > As an after thought, this particular mac does have 2 partitions on the disk; > 1 for Mac (100gb) and the other, a Bootcamp partition with XP on it (20gb) so > I could do my GIS and other PC work on it. > > Would this influence how Disk Utility would repair it? > > Im thinking I should back it up then erase the disk and install 10.5 on the > machine? > > I will also need to still run my PC software but thought I would instal my > Parallels 6 on the machine instead of the Bootcamp? > What do you think? > > Kindest regards and many thanks > > Chris > > > On 08/01/2013, at 6:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> You cannot Repair a Drive you are booted from. >> >> You need to Reboot from the OSX installer DVD (hold down "C" key as you >> start up, and continue holding it until it boots from the DVD). Choose your >> languarge, and then under the Installer or the Utilities menu, launch Disk >> Utility. >> >> Then select "Repair Disk" >> You might need to run "Repair Disk" more than once, until you see "Disk >> Appears Ok" >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> On 08/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Chris Burton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good afternoon Muggers >>> >>> I have spent most of the arvo cleaning out the hard disk on one of my older >>> 15" MBPro (2.16 Core 2 Duo, 2gb Ram 10.4.11) and then ran Disk Utility on >>> it. >>> >>> I have received a 'First Aid failed' box with the error 'Volume Header >>> needs minor repair' appearing. I did the check three times with the same >>> result >>> >>> Unfortunately for some reason the 'Repair Disk' button is ghosted out, so I >>> cant actually repair it using Disk Utility!? >>> >>> Can someone please provide me with some advice on what to do next? >>> >>> Is it worth downloading the App 'AppleJack' that others have recently >>> mentioned is very good, or use some other software to do the repair? >>> >>> Maybe I could also check the CMS as Ronni has previous explained a while >>> ago? >>> >>> I have also thought it might be worth upgrading the OS on this machine but >>> am not sure to what level this will be possible? >>> >>> Many thanks to any assistance >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> Christopher L.K. Burton >>> Director >>> Western Whale Research >>> PO Box 1076 >>> Dunsborough WA 6281 >>> Mobile: 0419 199 120 >>> Email: [email protected] -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
