Hi all,
Having a bit of a kerfuffle with a Macbook G4 (tiger) which gets the
grey apple but doesnt get the spinning cog. Have done the following
- pram zap
- safe mode start
no good
- start from DVD
Disc utility: Check and Repair Permissions is greyed out
Disc repair attempted, it generated an error something like "disc
repair could not connect with a disc repair component so unable to
repair disc" - happened several attempts.
Undeterred I started it in target disc mode and tried to repair from
another laptop. Still no Permissions repair option. Got a lot further,
lots of activity, but eventually "after three attempts could not
repair disc"
Tried again using disc in master laptop a few times, then tried with
disc in diseased laptop, this time it got far further through the
repair but still bugged out after 10 minutes unable to complete.
To the point: what do people feel is a good tool for resolving what
still appears to be a "soft" error on a HDD? I have never used
Diskwarrior because Disk Utility has always come up with the good so
far. Would prefer not to wipe and reinstall the HDD and make a child
cry.
Any votes for diskwarrior?
Sorry for the length of the post. Many thanks. DD
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