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Mac hd found corrupt needs repaired

I used to be conceited but now I'm perfect. Originally Posted by harryb Thanks ManInWin I shall try that. I was wondering if doing a single user fsk or something like that, can't remember the exact term, would be beneficial? Onyx is free at that website it's shareware, actually, so if you like it you can contribute to the kitty later.

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That executes the system commands when it starts up. It should fix the problem if it can when it detects it.


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While I'm at it, my back up phd has been stolen. Had a break in some weeks back and only realized it was gone when I looked for it yesterday. So my question is can I take my other phd 1tb and partition it and use the one partition to back up? I'll not be in a position to get another until Saturday.

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Thanks man. The interwebs seems split down the middle and there are anecdotal stories of woe after running them.

What to do? Sure, just be aware that repartitioning will most likely delete whatever is on the drive now.

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And when you repartition, make sure there is enough space in the partition to hold your backup. Onyx is safe.


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  5. Else, you will need to reinstall the macOS afresh. No backup tools guarantee the cloning of a corrupt hard drive accurately. Thankfully, there exists an optimum solution for SSD and hard drive recovery for Macs. Dealing with disk errors is like playing with fire. One has to be a vigilante and one must assure that backups are in place. However, when the disk is badly damaged then leveraging Disk Utility should be the first step. You can also check your hard drive errors with Single User Mode.

    It's asking to run a recovery. Is this going to erase everything??

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    MacBook Pro, iOS 5. Posted on May 19, May 20, 1: Like I replied in the recycled 2-year-old thread, no, it won't do any more damage than may already be in there. The fact that the Mac is well enough to start up, run the utility and come up with that message should lead us to believe it is more of the first rather than the second.

    And since you get the infamous "Other" scare too, that leads me to suspect you are using Lion First, deal with the corruption. Read thru this message and maybe take notes or print it out, cause it won't be available while you go thru the steps.

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    As for the "Other", it is the catchall that the report uses for everything else. If you check in System Preferences, you will probably find that Time Machine is enabled. The GB are partly comprised of local snapshots that TM takes for recovery purposes. Don't worry about it. Page content loaded. May 20, 9: No, they're in the purple "Backups" section. See Lion's Storage Display for details. If that doesn't help, see Where did my Disk Space go? Oct 29, 2: Excellent contribution, I've been having this problem for a week.