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What's wrong with my OS X boot drive? Disk Utility says "Volume Needs Repair".
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I've been having problems backing up my data on my Cube. DVD-RAM works fine, but with CD-R and DVD-R I get verification errors every time. After going through many, many coasters, even with discs burned at very slow speeds, and with two different Firewire drives even after firmware upgrades, I ran Disk Utility on my boot drive (where all my data is). It says:
"The underlying task reported failure on exit"
"Volume needs repair"
Can anyone decipher this info?
The strange part is my apps seem to work fine, and like I said, I could back the data up to DVD-RAM no problem. Media is Maxell 48X CD-R (burned at 24X or less) and Maxell 8X DVD-R (burned at 4X or even 2X). Burning with Toast 7. Running OS X 10.4.4. 1 GB RAM. Same results after a fresh reboot. I have experienced absolutely no kernel panics or freezes. Also, the burns work fine with the same drives and the same media on other computers.
Is it time simply for a reformat? (This install was originally a TiBook's, which I had cloned to the Cube.)
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What happens if you boot from the OS X install disc and run Disk Utility?
Also, have you tried running DiskWarrior yet?
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
What happens if you boot from the OS X install disc and run Disk Utility?
Also, have you tried running DiskWarrior yet?
Those were going to be my next two steps, tomorrow. (I don't have the stuff with me.)
1) Boot from my iBook and run Disk Utility AND/OR
2) Run DiskWarrior
However, even if things go well with the above, I'd still be tempted to reformat. I don't know if I'm just being paranoid or what... In the meantime I'm backing up my data again and I'm archiving my existing backups from DVD-RAM to DVD-R too on another machine. Yes, I'm anal. 
P.S. I'm posting from this same Cube right now. Everything else working fine, and no strange disk clicks or anything.
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My Cube drive had some problems reading some disks but it is not a combo, just a DVD.
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Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee
My Cube drive had some problems reading some disks but it is not a combo, just a DVD.
So does mine, but I never use that drive. It looks like something is going on with my hard drive/OS, which is making my external Firewire DVD burner unhappy.
BTW, I have now tried this Firewire drive with the same media with my iBook and iMac G5 and it burns and verifies correctly. Just not on the Cube.
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