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time machine is not working

I just got a new imac intel core i7 which is an upgrade from my power mac G4 MDD which I got in 2003. I transferred all the information from the power G4 using time machine and it worked fine. I then upgraded the OS to 10.6.4 given imac is intel core. All programs are working fine except I am unable to use time machine. It runs for a few gb and then the following error come on time machine buddy:

Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backups/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Backup content size: 237.9 GB excluded items size: 818.0 MB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 284.58 GB requested (including padding), 930.57 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wx-2 .8-mac-unicode/wx/lib/floatcanvas/Utilities/ _init_.py, /Volumes/Backups/Backups.backupdb/van (5)/2010-08-17-184416.inProgress/75B311E0-7C50-4BD3-B7AD-03E3A1B883B2/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wx -2.8-mac-unicode/wx/lib/floatcanvas/Utilities/ _init_.py
Aborting backup because indexing of file failed.
Stopping backup.
Copied 70375 files (17.4 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11

Then when I try to verify and repair the disk, it does do it and keep on showing: " invalid node structure, invalid key length and invalid record count"

I have changed the external hard drive twice so I doubt that is the problem. Please help

G4

Posted on Aug 21, 2010 4:46 PM

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21 replies

Aug 25, 2010 6:22 AM in response to Pondini

After my last post, TM stopped working so I verified and tried to repair the disk and this happened:


Verifying volume “Untitled”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Invalid node structure
The volume Untitled could not be verified completely.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Untitled”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid record count
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid record count
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid record count
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid record count
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Invalid key length
Invalid key length
Invalid key length
Rechecking volume.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Missing thread record (id = 42030)
Missing thread record (id = 127572)
Missing thread record (id = 247967)
Missing thread record (id = 247994)
Missing thread record (id = 261017)
Missing thread record (id = 287995)
Missing thread record (id = 288039)
Missing thread record (id = 305015)
Missing thread record (id = 305055)
Missing thread record (id = 393729)
Missing thread record (id = 395441)
Missing thread record (id = 418112)
Missing thread record (id = 418138)
Missing thread record (id = 459848)
Missing thread record (id = 459931)
Missing thread record (id = 461011)
Missing thread record (id = 471696)
Missing thread record (id = 476593)
Missing thread record (id = 481850)
Missing thread record (id = 495529)
Missing thread record (id = 495571)
Missing thread record (id = 495612)
Missing thread record (id = 508425)
Missing thread record (id = 508498)
Missing thread record (id = 525732)
Missing thread record (id = 574797)
Missing thread record (id = 597346)
Missing thread record (id = 628519)
Missing thread record (id = 721785)
Missing thread record (id = 739657)
Missing thread record (id = 773751)
Missing thread record (id = 778398)
Missing thread record (id = 823232)
Missing thread record (id = 832577)
Missing thread record (id = 841379)
Missing thread record (id = 862061)
Missing thread record (id = 862151)
Missing thread record (id = 924649)
Incorrect number of thread records
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Incorrect number of file hard links
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1246 instead of 1275)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1233 instead of 1261)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1060 instead of 1262)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 51 instead of 98)
Missing thread record (id = 26556)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26561)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26641)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26644)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26646)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26648)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26650)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26652)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26654)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26656)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26658)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26660)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26662)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26664)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26666)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26668)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26670)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26672)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26674)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26676)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26678)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26680)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26682)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26684)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26686)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26688)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26690)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26692)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26694)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26696)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 26698)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 155 instead of 166)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 162 instead of 172)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 41 instead of 118)
Missing thread record (id = 246886)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 246888)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 246892)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 246898)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 247966)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260930)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260932)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260934)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260936)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260938)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260941)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 260943)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 16)
Missing thread record (id = 261017)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 10 instead of 16)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 278843)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 278952)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 279021)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 287982)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 287992)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288006)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288008)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288011)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288013)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288015)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288017)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288020)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288022)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 288024)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 11 instead of 21)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 304994)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 304996)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 305000)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 305002)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 305005)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 305052)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 387001)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 387018)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 5 instead of 7)
Missing thread record (id = 393720)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 7)
Missing thread record (id = 393729)
Missing thread record (id = 395379)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 395382)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 395384)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 395388)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 395391)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 395395)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 395440)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 54 instead of 81)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 28 instead of 51)
Missing thread record (id = 42021)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 441 instead of 467)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 4 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 415755)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 415764)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 415773)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 415782)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 415794)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 415796)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 418106)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 4 instead of 30)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 459839)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 460954)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 460959)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 460965)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 461008)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 24)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 62 instead of 69)
Missing thread record (id = 476586)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 6)
Missing thread record (id = 476593)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 6 instead of 8)
Missing thread record (id = 481839)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495467)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495469)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 495472)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495474)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495476)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495478)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495481)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 495486)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 495491)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 495496)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 495563)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508408)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508410)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508412)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 35 instead of 58)
Missing thread record (id = 508425)
Missing thread record (id = 508452)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508454)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508456)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508458)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508461)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508463)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508465)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508467)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508470)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508472)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508474)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508476)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508478)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508480)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508482)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508484)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508486)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508488)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508490)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508492)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508494)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508496)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 508498)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 26 instead of 58)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 50 instead of 79)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 3 instead of 14)
Missing thread record (id = 525679)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 16)
Missing thread record (id = 525706)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 15)
Missing thread record (id = 525732)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 32 instead of 42)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 395 instead of 428)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 7 instead of 17)
Missing thread record (id = 557129)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 557134)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 5)
Missing thread record (id = 557148)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 10)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 33 instead of 46)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 574564)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 574568)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 4)
Missing thread record (id = 574573)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 7)
Missing thread record (id = 574581)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 574585)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 574589)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 7)
Missing thread record (id = 574597)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 43)
Missing thread record (id = 574795)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 574797)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 27 instead of 47)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 3 instead of 6)
Missing thread record (id = 597346)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 352 instead of 378)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 533 instead of 585)
Missing thread record (id = 628493)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1 instead of 6)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 447 instead of 534)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 867 instead of 894)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 4 instead of 17)
Missing thread record (id = 721781)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Missing thread record (id = 721785)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 27 instead of 35)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 351 instead of 366)
Missing thread record (id = 739657)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 7 instead of 24)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 433 instead of 461)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 6 instead of 64)
Missing thread record (id = 773751)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 15 instead of 26)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 58 instead of 59)
Missing thread record (id = 778398)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 46 instead of 61)
Missing thread record (id = 823232)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 19 instead of 94)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 4 instead of 5)
Missing thread record (id = 832535)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 832537)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 17)
Missing thread record (id = 832555)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 17)
Missing thread record (id = 832573)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 832575)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 832577)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 8 instead of 16)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 17 instead of 28)
Missing thread record (id = 841344)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 10)
Missing thread record (id = 841355)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 841357)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 16)
Missing thread record (id = 841374)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 4)
Missing thread record (id = 841379)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 1 instead of 6)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 282 instead of 310)
Missing thread record (id = 862052)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 924645)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 594 instead of 623)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 41 instead of 66)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 25492 instead of 25550)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 168785 instead of 170070)
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 841989 instead of 846838)
Checking extended attributes file.
Invalid record count
The volume Untitled could not be verified completely.
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

What does this mean besides the obvious?
What should I do?

Thx

Rajiv

Aug 25, 2010 7:42 AM in response to Rajiv Jauhar

Rajiv Jauhar wrote:
After my last post, TM stopped working so I verified and tried to repair the disk and this happened:
. . .
.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

What does this mean besides the obvious?


Ouch! This is your TM drive, right?

There's either something terribly wrong with it, or with your installation of OSX.

You don't have anything else besides your backups there, do you?

You said earlier that you've had similar trouble with two external HDs; were they both the same make/model? (That really shouldn't matter, but this is a very unusual situation). Have you checked with the maker's web site for driver/firmware updates?

If nothing else helps, I'd be inclined to reinstall OSX from the disc that came with it. That won't affect anything else. If you've had any updates since getting it, you'll need to let +Software Update+ re-load them.

Aug 25, 2010 1:07 PM in response to Pondini

Thanks for your response. I have nothing else on my drives. The external drive is a toshiba 1 tb drive I erased the backup, excluded both of the files that didnt work before (see first page of thread) and it worked again. I think I will reinstall osx again to see if that makes a difference. Thx again.

Also as you recommended last time, i restored some of the photos from the backup and it worked fine except that a couple of pictures were deformed out of several thousand. The bottom of the pictures looked like a negative and were misaligned!!! That clearly is a problem.

by the way, applecare got back to me and they sent me a capture data app to send them more info so we will see. I hope it is a small problem that is fixable.

Aug 25, 2010 1:24 PM in response to Rajiv Jauhar

Rajiv Jauhar wrote:
Thanks for your response. I have nothing else on my drives. The external drive is a toshiba 1 tb drive


Was the other one the same make & model? Did you check with them for updates?

Also as you recommended last time, i restored some of the photos from the backup and it worked fine except that a couple of pictures were deformed out of several thousand. The bottom of the pictures looked like a negative and were misaligned!!! That clearly is a problem.


Can you tell if the originals were deformed, too, or just the backups?

Keep us posted.

Aug 25, 2010 2:02 PM in response to Rajiv Jauhar

Rajiv Jauhar wrote:
it was the same make and model. I havent checked with them for updates

the originals were not deformed. only the backup


You used two different ones for backups, right? If there's a problem (hardware or firmware), it could cause the kind of things you've seen.

It won't hurt to check their website for any updates for your drives.

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