delarouch
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Q: Unable to run first aid in recovery mode

I have a Macbook and when I ran First Aid on the SSD portion of the drive and it said "First Aid found corruption that needs to be repaired. To repair the startup volume, run First Aid from Recovery."

 

So I restarted the MacBook and held down Cmd-R to enter Recovery mode. Once there, I opened Disk Utility, selected the SSD drive and ran First Aid. Even though I'm in Recovery mode, I still get the message saying "First Aid found corruption that needs to be repaired. To repair the startup volume, run First Aid from Recovery. Click Done to continue." When I click done, nothing happens, same as when I was booted up normally.

 

Any "Genius" can help me on this? Thank you.

 

System Config: MacBook 12" Retina / 256GB / Mac OS Sierra 10.12

MacBook, Other OS, Mac OS Sierra 10.12

Posted on Sep 10, 2016 4:13 PM

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Q: Unable to run first aid in recovery mode

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  • by Stuart423,

    Stuart423 Stuart423 Sep 10, 2016 4:26 PM in response to delarouch
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    Sep 10, 2016 4:26 PM in response to delarouch

    I'm just going to assume that you're trying to run First Aid on the startup disk and not some other drive, right?

     

    First Aid is part of the Mac OS, so the report that it can't even be run in recovery mode suggests that one of two things is true: either the Mac OS is corrupted and needs to be reinstalled (you can do that from Disk Utility) OR the hard drive is actually damaged.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Sep 10, 2016 4:40 PM in response to delarouch
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    Sep 10, 2016 4:40 PM in response to delarouch

    The SSD may have failed. Try erasing it then reinstalling OS X. If that doesn't work then the SSD is probably gone.

     

    Install El Capitan from Scratch

     

         Backup if possible before continuing.

     

    1. Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Apple logo appears. When the Utility Menu appears:
    2. Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on Continue button.
    3. When Disk Utility loads select the volume (indented entry, usually Macintosh HD) from the Device list.
    4. Click on the Erase icon in Disk Utility's main window. A panel will drop down.
    5. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
    6. Click on the Apply button, then wait for the Done button to activate and click on it.
    7. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
    8. Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.

  • by alex360noscope,

    alex360noscope alex360noscope Sep 10, 2016 6:47 PM in response to Kappy
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    Sep 10, 2016 6:47 PM in response to Kappy

    What if you dont have a copy of osx to re-install with?

  • by Stuart423,

    Stuart423 Stuart423 Sep 10, 2016 8:30 PM in response to alex360noscope
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    Sep 10, 2016 8:30 PM in response to alex360noscope

    Alex360noscope: you can start up the computer with the COMMAND + OPTION + R keys to invoke the online version of the recovery and reinstall the OS from an online copy.