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User profile for user: Bariman
Bariman Author
User level: Level 1
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Verify Disk failed

I switched to mac last fall and this is the first time I've tried to run disk utilities. I ran Verify Disk and got the following window.

First Aid Failed
Disk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD" because the following error was encountered:

Filesystem verify or repair failed.


The history read:

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”

Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file SimplifyMedia.log
(It should be 1780 instead of 1149)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 13787362 instead of 13788252)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff

Mac OS X (10.5.2), 17" macbook pro

Posted on Feb 20, 2008 2:24 PM

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User profile for user: Kappy
Kappy
User level: Level 10
361,741 points

Feb 20, 2008 2:31 PM in response to Bariman

Repair the drive:

Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions

Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.

If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
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