Disk Utility can't Verify Disk, Repair Disk, Verify Disk Permissions, or Repair Disk Permissions on and external hard drive due to this error message.
PBG3, PBG4, Dual PPC G5, MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
If you launch the Console utility, do you see a full version of that error message? If so, post it in a reply here.
Either the system details in your profile are out of date or you've posted your message in the section for the wrong OS X version (10.6). The advice you need may depend on what OS X version you're using.
Sorry. Using 10.6.8 on MacBook Pro (early 2009 version).
Here's the error message:
Verifying volume “Home Seagate HD”
Verify volume failed: Framework unable to communicate with DiskManagementTool
Verify and Repair volume “Home Seagate HD”
Repairing volume failed: Framework unable to communicate with DiskManagementTool
Thanks for your help.
Reboot and try again.
Same result after rebooting.
Boot from your installation disc and verify or repair both the internal and external drives (Utilities > DIsk Utility). Results?
Are those messages you see in Disk Utility or in the Console application?
It might not help, but I'd try installing the OS X 10.6.8 "combo" update.
I was able to perform disk and disk permissions repairs by booting from the installation disk and running Disk Utility from that. Now I'm making some progress in limited backups to the external HD. It still is rejecting certain files in the backup queue. Thanks for your suggestion! 🙂
The error messages were in Disk Utility.
I think I've installed the 10.6.8 combo update already.
The "About this Mac" shows the version as 10.6.8, and updates have been done by Software Update widget or wizard or whatever it's called.
Thanks for your suggestions! 🙂
msjennings wrote:
Now I'm making some progress in limited backups to the external HD.
What software are you using to do those backups?
It still is rejecting certain files in the backup queue.
I don't know what you mean by that.
I think I've installed the 10.6.8 combo update already.
You may be running OS X 10.6.8, but it's extremely doubtful that you've installed the 10.6.8 "combo" update, which you can download from here. That's a (rather large) collection of all the updates since OS X 10.6.0. The "combo" update reapplies all those changes. For reasons that can be somewhat mysterious, doing that can fix some otherwise inexplicable problems. Please try that.
What is the error message "Framework unable to communicate with DiskManagementTool"
