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I have attempted to use repair disk in Mavericks for other than the boot desk and receive an error message, "Live file system repair is not supported? What is this message?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I had the same problem trying to repair a disk on a WD external hard drive.
I googled for the answer, read several forums, and finally called live tech support at WD. None of this was helpful, but added up to a big waste of time and growing frustration.
For me, I stumbled on the simple "duh" simple fix: Force eject all the disks the volume (to do that I had to first go to my Activity Monitor and quit any programs that might possibly be using any of the disks in any way); then shut down the computer & turn in back on; And then re-connect the external drive back with the computer. After doing this, I ran disk utility and it said the volume and all its drives appear to be okay.
Good luck.
I just thought I would share my solution. I was having the same issues, but I turned off file sharing and it repaired the drive with no issues. Once it was done I turned file sharing back on.
ironteeth... this resolved the issue of Disk Utility unable to repair the disk due to "Live file system repair is not supported."
Thanks for sharing.
You'll get this message if you try to repair a file system that's mounted.
You need to eject a disk before repairing it.
+1 for turning off Sharing.
+1 for turning off Sharing and Sophos Anti-Virus.
For me the solution was to simply force eject the drive, and then unplug it from USB, and then plug it back in. My drive was a WD.
Thank you!!! That was so quick and easy and way less complicated that all the other "fixes"
This helped me. Simply ejecting the disk, then saying "force" when prompted. I didn't have to reboot. I was able to see the file system and do the repair from within Disk Utility
Disk Utility Error: What is Live file system repair is not supported?
