My disc drive is broken... How else can I fix my HDD that needs Repair from Disk Utilities?

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My disc drive is broken... How else can I fix my HDD that needs Repair from Disk Utilities?

Hey gang!

I want to install Windows 7 on BootCamp on my 2ghz unibod macbook for Day-Z playing purposes, but I have a big problem that I now have hit a concrete wall on.

I was gonna install the Windows ISO from an external drive, but then I find out my internal HDD is also broken and needs to be repaired... I am using Snow Leopard 1.6.8, and everyone is telling me I NEED to boot up the computer with the original CD in there...

Well, tough nuts for me because there is a blank CD stuck in there (drive is kaput).

Is there ANY other way I can fix this **** thing without hocking out money that involves a Disc drive fix? (I never even use the **** disc drive anyway)

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 6, 2013 4:16 PM

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Eric Ross

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Mar 6, 2013 4:21 PM in response to YogurtStorm

Try restarting your Mac buy holding down eject key, that may get the DVD out of the drive, If not then try start your computer in single user mode, link http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417 and the type fsck to repair your hard drive.

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Mar 6, 2013 5:40 PM in response to Eric Ross

Hi guys. Thanks, I did that and I was able to get a little further.

Boot Camp this time allowed me to start partitionning but after an hour of 'partioning', it just decided to give me the same error out of nowhere.

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Eric Ross

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Mar 6, 2013 6:06 PM in response to YogurtStorm

Did you try to start the computer with the DVD then launch disk utility to repair/verify the hard drive.?

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YogurtStorm Author

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Mar 6, 2013 6:28 PM in response to Eric Ross

Like i said my Disc drive is busted so I can not use it at all..

I tried it again, and it seems it's this one thing it gets stuck on, here is a picture:

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/792/img3032d.jpg

You can see it's constantly trying to repair the Incorrect number of thread records (4, 33140)

it attemps to fix it, fails and retries up to a total of 3 times

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Eric Ross

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Mar 6, 2013 6:46 PM in response to YogurtStorm

It looks like you are going to need tool like Diskwarrior, but you will need to run it from the CD or an external hard drive. If could also be your drive is damage and it needs to be replaced.

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YogurtStorm Author

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Mar 6, 2013 6:52 PM in response to Eric Ross

Hi Eric!

I was just about to say i got diskwarrior but it was prompting me to use it on a CD or in my applications folder... Good to know i can run it from an external drive, ill try this now!

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Eric Ross

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Mar 6, 2013 6:55 PM in response to YogurtStorm

That's good, I am hoping that will fix your problem keep your fingers crossed. Take a look at this link, http://supportdb.alsoft.com:591/FMPro?-db=alsoftsupport&-lay=main&-sortfield=Dat e&-sortorder=descend&Keywords=repair%20new%20macs&Product=DiskWarrior&-op=lte&Da te=%2f%2f&-max=15&-format=AlsoftSupport-qa.html&-script=counter&-token=162&-Skip =0&-find

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Mar 6, 2013 7:16 PM in response to Eric Ross

Hey eric so it seems i'm screwed, Diskwarrior won't run off of the external Usb hard drive. it gives me a pop up that prompts me:

DiskWarrior cannot currently be run from this disk because Os X ignores ownership of some disks by default. Please restart from the DiskWarrior disc, or follow these instructions:

1) Select the disk icon in the Finder

2) Choose "get info" from file menu

3) unclick the "sharing & permissions" triangle

4) Uncheck "Ignore ownership of this volume"

Obviously, with no CD drive, that sequence of instructions is my only bet. Thing is, i don't see a "Ignore ownership of this volume" anywhere ... 😟

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