Error -1407 in Finder when trying to delete folders

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Error -1407 in Finder when trying to delete folders

Anybody knows the meaning of error -1407 when I try to delete any folder from the second partition of my internal hard disk?

I've never seen that error and finally decided to reboot. This fixed the problem but I'm increasingly unhappy about those weird errors that seem to be appearing more and more in Mac OS X these days.

I also got the -8003 when trying to empty the trash, for no apparent reason. Anybody knows why I get this one?

MacBook Pro 17" 2.5GHz - iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 4GB RAM - 320GB HD

Posted on Jan 26, 2011 12:10 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2011 9:44 AM in response to NemesysSoft

NemesysSoft wrote:
Anybody knows the meaning of error -1407 when I try to delete any folder from the second partition of my internal hard disk?

According to the "macerror" command, that's saying "Expected a folder, got a file".

I also got the -8003 when trying to empty the trash, for no apparent reason.

The "macerror" command chokes on that one.

You may have some corruption of the disk management structures. I'd launch Disk Utility and run a "repair disk" on that second partition. If Disk Utility can't repair the damage, then you may need something like DiskWarrior:

http://www.alsoft.com/

I'd also run a "verify disk" on your boot volume. If that finds errors, either boot from another volume, then run a "repair disk" operation on it, or boot with a "shift" key held down to trigger the equivalent of a "repair disk" operation.

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Jan 27, 2011 10:25 AM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

Thanks for the reply, William. I should have mentioned in my original message that I had already run Disk Utility to verify both the startup and second partition. No problem were found, so I left it at that. It's kind of strange that after rebooting, the -1407 error disappeared, isn't it? I finally got around the -8003 with Onyx.

Still, I'm growing increasingly uneasy about the system...

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