Incorrect perfect block count for file live.0.indexCompactDirectory (it should be 5326 instead of 2663)

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Incorrect perfect block count for file live.0.indexCompactDirectory (it should be 5326 instead of 2663)

Hey,

I'm having a problem with my Macbook Pro 2012 on El Capitan.

One day I opened my laptop and the screen was black but it was on (it was hot and I could hear the fans). I thought it was asleep so I attempted to wake it with no luck. I then proceeded to restart the computer manualy with the button on the top right. Since I have done that it will not boot. It gets stuck approximately 60% through the apple and loading bar screen and shuts down. I've already tried logging in with safe mode and the same thing happened. I then proceeded to use disk utility to check with first aid what the problem was and it showed the following:

Any ideas on what I could do? Unfortunately I have not backed up since February and would prefer not to recover from that backup.

(Ps. I've also reset the PRAM)

Thankyou for your time and patience!

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 24, 2016 2:39 PM

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Answer 1

macjack

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Jul 24, 2016 2:51 PM in response to SeanOD

This indicates a failed or failing hard drive. You can take it out and put it in an enclosure to see if you can recover the data you need, or use Target Disk Mode, if you have another Mac available. Connect Macs with a Firewire, Thunderbolt or Ethernet cable follow the steps here, except you are using target disk mode to make the hard drive on your target act as a connected drive. Then use Disk Utility to erase.

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SeanOD Author

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Jul 24, 2016 5:32 PM in response to macjack

I Can try out the Target Disk Mode. What do you mean by an enclosure?

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macjack

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Jul 24, 2016 5:50 PM in response to SeanOD

Try target disk mode first.

To answer your question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_enclosure

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SeanOD Author

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Jul 25, 2016 11:31 AM in response to macjack

I am about to run target disk mode, would this effect the computer I am plugging it into in a negative way?

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Eric Root

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Jul 25, 2016 12:00 PM in response to SeanOD

It shouldn't affect it at all. You are doing the same thing as adding an external hard drive.

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SeanOD Author

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Jul 27, 2016 4:50 PM in response to Eric Root

So I've started to backup my hard drive. I have around 450gb of files and am using a firewire 800. Approximately long should it take? It has been preparing to copy files for 2 hours now.

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