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Something's wrong with one of my partitions
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When Finder starts up it tries to rebuild the desktop on one of my partitions (the one which houses Mac OS 10.0.2) but fails and says:
"There is a problem with the disk "Highland". Some information may have been lost.
Check any recently-used files for data loss, and use a disk-repair program on the disk."
I've run Apple's Disk First Aid in both Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS X (including the one on the installer CD, in order to be able to repair it since you can't always repair a volume that is in use). In Mac OS 9.1 Disk First Aid says:
"This is not an HFS disk"
In Mac OS X, Disk First Aid says that there are more folders on the disk then actually reported and ranks it as being a minor error. When I make it repair the partition (booting off the Mac OS X CD) it repairs the disk without errors, but if I run the check again it gives me the same error as before (about the folders).
If I format the partition in Mac OS 9.1, it is 19MB in size (instead of 3GB). If I format in Mac OS X, it gives me these errors again. If I format in LinuxPPC, the disk doesn't appear on the Mac OS 9.1 desktop.
Does anyone have a clue what is going on?
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Unfortunately, no. I've already tried what Apple's TIF says.
Heimir.
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Have you run Disk Warrior or Norton over your disk?
Cipher13
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AIM: Cipher1387
ICQ: 48111606
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[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 05-07-2001).]
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My Norton CD can't boot my PowerBook (v4.0) - I don't trust it with Mac OS 9. Tried TechTool, which gave me a "failure" message telling me nothing about the problem.
I'll just have to reformat the whole drive.
Thanks guys for all your help!
Heimir.
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Originally posted by hmr:
My Norton CD can't boot my PowerBook (v4.0) - I don't trust it with Mac OS 9. Tried TechTool, which gave me a "failure" message telling me nothing about the problem.
I'll just have to reformat the whole drive.
Thanks guys for all your help!
Heimir.
Don't jump the gun - Disk Warrior is better than both of those by a mile.
It can fix many things they can't.
I think its worth a shot... if it fails? Then you can format.
If there is important data, there IS still a way to retrieve it...
Cipher13
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AIM: Cipher1387
ICQ: 48111606
mail: [email protected]
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Yes, well, IF I had DiskWarrior I WOULD try that. I'll check it out (see what it costs).
Heimir.
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