Disk Utility: Unable to create "ImageName.dmg" error -39
Ladies,
Gentlemen,
I used Disk Utility to backup the internal hard drive of my iMac G5 iSight.
The last backup of the hard drive was unsuccessful, ending with next message: Unable to create "ImageName.dmg"; error -39.
The iMac is running OS X 10.4.11.
I proceed as follows:
Boot from the OS X 10.4.2 installation DVD and firing up Disk Utility.
Menu option: File, New, Disk Image from disk0s3 (Mac HD)
The target disk is Porche_LaCie FireWire drive.
After +/- 2 hours I end up with the above message.
The hard drive has following characteristics:
Name : Mac HD
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk0s3
Mount Point : /
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : ATA
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : sata/k2-sata@0/@0:3
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 9AFCA71A-DD8B-376E-9776-EE7EDDBB328C
Capacity : 148,9 GB (159.907.627.008 Bytes)
Free Space : 96,9 GB (103.996.362.752 Bytes)
Used : 52,1 GB (55.911.264.256 Bytes)
Number of Files : 419.419
Number of Folders : 104.321
Owners Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Repair Permissions : Yes
Can Be Verified : Yes
Can Be Repaired : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 3
The target drive characteristics:
Name : Porche_LaCie
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk1s1
Mount Point : /Volumes/Porche_LaCie
File System : Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Connection Bus : FireWire
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : fw/node@d04b7417066788/sbp-2@c000/@0:1
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : BCCEBED2-08F5-3C21-8750-75716AF060B9
Capacity : 232,9 GB (250.056.705.024 Bytes)
Free Space : 160,8 GB (172.646.076.416 Bytes)
Used : 72,1 GB (77.410.627.584 Bytes)
Number of Files : 15
Number of Folders : 4
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 1
The target drive already contains 3 earlier images. The biggest image has a size of 28,14 GB. And as you can see this drive ha enough place for other images.
So what is going wrong?
I Googled for this error -39 without any success and I have not found any thing about this particular error in Apple's discussions or support pages.
I would feel a lot safer with a decent image of my Hard Drive. I already lost one and do not want to repeat this again...
Can any one help?
Gentlemen,
I used Disk Utility to backup the internal hard drive of my iMac G5 iSight.
The last backup of the hard drive was unsuccessful, ending with next message: Unable to create "ImageName.dmg"; error -39.
The iMac is running OS X 10.4.11.
I proceed as follows:
Boot from the OS X 10.4.2 installation DVD and firing up Disk Utility.
Menu option: File, New, Disk Image from disk0s3 (Mac HD)
The target disk is Porche_LaCie FireWire drive.
After +/- 2 hours I end up with the above message.
The hard drive has following characteristics:
Name : Mac HD
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk0s3
Mount Point : /
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : ATA
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : sata/k2-sata@0/@0:3
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 9AFCA71A-DD8B-376E-9776-EE7EDDBB328C
Capacity : 148,9 GB (159.907.627.008 Bytes)
Free Space : 96,9 GB (103.996.362.752 Bytes)
Used : 52,1 GB (55.911.264.256 Bytes)
Number of Files : 419.419
Number of Folders : 104.321
Owners Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Repair Permissions : Yes
Can Be Verified : Yes
Can Be Repaired : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 3
The target drive characteristics:
Name : Porche_LaCie
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk1s1
Mount Point : /Volumes/Porche_LaCie
File System : Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Connection Bus : FireWire
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : fw/node@d04b7417066788/sbp-2@c000/@0:1
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : BCCEBED2-08F5-3C21-8750-75716AF060B9
Capacity : 232,9 GB (250.056.705.024 Bytes)
Free Space : 160,8 GB (172.646.076.416 Bytes)
Used : 72,1 GB (77.410.627.584 Bytes)
Number of Files : 15
Number of Folders : 4
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 1
The target drive already contains 3 earlier images. The biggest image has a size of 28,14 GB. And as you can see this drive ha enough place for other images.
So what is going wrong?
I Googled for this error -39 without any success and I have not found any thing about this particular error in Apple's discussions or support pages.
I would feel a lot safer with a decent image of my Hard Drive. I already lost one and do not want to repeat this again...
Can any one help?
iMac iSight PowerPC G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1.9 GHz, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM and a Hard Drive of 160 GB
