Makes me wonder if the drive isn't having issues. In Disk Utility, if
you get info on the drive, somewhere in that list of parameters like
Total Capacity andPartition Number should be S.M.A.R.T. Status which
should say "Verified" or the like. If it says "Failing" then your drive
is not long for this world.
CB
On 6/5/14, 2:03 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
Thanks Tim, but things got worse. :) I ran the repair from the
Recovery HD, and it said the disk could not be repaired. It now tells
me to reformat and reinstall the OS, but as I said, I did just that a
couple months back. Worse still, my Mac no longer boots! I have a
Macbook for my business which I'm using now, and I have a backup of my
important files, but still, my Mini is my main computer. Any other
suggestions you or anyone else has would be great.
On Jun 5, 2014, at 12:35 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com
<mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote:
Hi,
Answers below in your text.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com
<mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
I just ran a disk verification. An article I found said to highlight
both my main drive and the boot partition, so I did. After a little
while, I got this error:
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart
your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you
see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose
Disk Utility.
First, do i need to worry about this?
. Yes. If you leave it too long, you may lose data.
Second, if I do, will the recovery process it wants me to run erase
any data?
. No, it shouldn't. What you need to run in Disk Utility on is the
Repair Disk option. This needs to be done from the Recovery
Partition because this operation can't be performed on a running
system. Normally, if you still have "normal" operation, Disk Utility
will be able to fix the problem easily. If your drive was not
starting up, then Disk Utility sometimes is unable to make the
necessary repairs.
Third, is this indicative of serious problems, given that I ran a
clean install on this machine only a couple months ago?
. It's telling you that something in the directory structure or other
allocations is corrupt. Not uncommon but if it persists, then there
could be physical problems with the drive.
HTH.
Thanks.
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Alex Hall
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