Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it.

Date	2014-08-16 18:40 -0700
From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, alt.comp.periphs.hdd, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it.
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On 8/16/2014 5:57 PM PT, Michael Vilain typed:

> In article <du-dnfJGwr42ZXLOnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>   Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> On 8/16/2014 5:20 PM PT, Ant typed:
>>
>>>> Currently, I am trying to figure out if this old external USB2 Seagate
>>>> 500 GB HDD is going bad since it failed to mount its MacFS partition
>>>> drive (FAT32 partition drive mounted fine). I am currently running Mac
>>>> OS X 10.8.5's Disk Utility to repair it, and it is taking forever
>>>> (wished it had technical texts or something to tell me what is going
>>>> on). That doesn't sound good so far. :(
>>>
>>> FYI. Mac OS X 10.8.5's Disk Utility said it couldn't repair and told me
>>> to back up data, but I could not if I could not access its partition
>>> drive! So, I decided to format that partition drive and recheck since it
>>> is for Time Machine. It was fine. Now, I am doing a 125 GB backup from
>>> 13.3" MacBook Pro. Although, it seems slow. Hmm!
>>
>> Here's Disk Utility's log FYI:
>> ...
>> **********
>> 2014-08-16 16:20:38 -0700: Disk Utility started.
>>
>> 2014-08-16 16:20:52 -0700: Verifying volume ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²
>> 2014-08-16 16:20:52 -0700: Starting verification tool:
>> 2014-08-16 16:20:52 -0700: Checking file system2014-08-16 16:20:52
>> -0700: Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair
>> Disk.2014-08-16 16:20:52 -0700:
>> 2014-08-16 16:20:52 -0700: Disk Utility stopped verifying
>> ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²: This disk needs to be repaired. Click
>> Repair Disk.
>> 2014-08-16 16:21:23 -0700:
>>
>> 2014-08-16 16:21:28 -0700: Verify and Repair volume
>> ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²
>> 2014-08-16 16:21:28 -0700: Starting repair tool:
>> 2014-08-16 16:21:28 -0700: Checking file system2014-08-16 16:21:28
>> -0700: Volume repair complete.2014-08-16 16:21:28 -0700: Updating boot
>> support partitions for the volume as required.2014-08-16 17:02:22 -0700:
>> Error: Disk Utility can¹t repair this disk. Back up as many of your
>> files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up
>> files.2014-08-16 17:02:22 -0700:
>> 2014-08-16 17:02:22 -0700: Disk Utility stopped repairing
>> ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²: Disk Utility can¹t repair this disk.
>> Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and
>> restore your backed-up files.
>> 2014-08-16 17:02:22 -0700:
>>
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: Preparing to erase :
>> ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: 	Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: 	1 volume will be erased
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: 		Name		: ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: 		Size		: 250.05 GB
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: 		File system	: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
>>
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:20 -0700: Unmounting disk
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:21 -0700: Erasing
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:29 -0700: Initialized /dev/rdisk1s2 as a 233 GB HFS
>> Plus volume with a 24576k journal
>>
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:29 -0700: Mounting disk
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:29 -0700: Erase complete.
>> 2014-08-16 17:07:29 -0700:
>> **********
>> 2014-08-16 17:08:40 -0700: Disk Utility started.
>>
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:00 -0700: Verifying volume ³MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles²
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:00 -0700: Starting verification tool:
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:01 -0700: Checking file system2014-08-16 17:09:01
>> -0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:01 -0700: Checking extents overflow file.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:01 -0700: Checking catalog file.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:05 -0700: Checking multi-linked files.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:05 -0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:05 -0700: Checking extended attributes file.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700: Checking volume bitmap.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700: Checking volume information.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700: The volume MacsOnlyAndBackupsWithBigFiles
>> appears to be OK.
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700: Repair tool completed:
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700:
>> 2014-08-16 17:09:11 -0700:
>> ...
>>
>> Back up is sure slow (17.5 GB out of 126.1 GB now). :/
>
> Slow backup probably means the drive is failing. Since you already
> destroyed the data on the Mac partition, I get whatever else is on the
> FAT partition and replace it.  It's on it's way out.

Well, it is almost done now. Three/3 minutes left. I wished there was an 
easy to way to check the disk like its SMART status. Bah.


> Then again, hammering it with backups will make it fail all that much
> faster.

Funny, I only back up usually once a week! :O
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