repair disc or volume in disc utility?

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repair disc or volume in disc utility?

This is probably a silly question, but I've always wondered whether to select the disc (with all the numbers, etc) or the named volume for repairs/permission repairs, etc when I use Disc Utility. What's the right approach?

MacPro 2x3.0 GHz Quad-Core/4GB RAM/Radeon X1900, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 13, 2007 9:36 AM

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Niel

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Sep 13, 2007 9:50 AM in response to Joseph Wiedermann

If you've only created one partition on the drive, both options are identical with respect to actions which work on the existing volume, so it doesn't matter which you choose. If there are multiple partitions, select the disk to repair only that partition, or the drive to repair all partitions. A function can only be performed on the whole drive if it can be performed on all partitions on that drive.

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Answer 2

Sep 13, 2007 9:48 AM in response to Joseph Wiedermann

It's the volume, (or partition) that is being repaired, but if there is only one on the drive, Disk Utility seems to work if you choose the drive instead.

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Answer 3

Sep 13, 2007 9:54 AM in response to Niel

OK. Thanks. makes sense.

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