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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it.
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On 2014-08-18, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>
> I contacted someone (not Al) from DiskWarrior team and got this e-mail 
> re(ply/sponse):
>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:33:37 -0500
> From: Alsoft Technical Support <tech.support@alsoft.com>
> To: Ant...
> Subject: Re: Mac FS bugs?
> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 6.1 build 4643 English (intel)
>         <http://www.ctmdev.com>
>
> A partition map can become unreadable due to bad blocks on the drive 
> (causing part of the partition map to be unreadable), an improperly 
> ejected/disconnected drive at which point data is mistakenly written 
> over the partition map, or a malfunctioning drive chassis which causes 
> the partition map to be overwritten. Further, a utility that live 
> partitions or reformats a drive can also write an incorrect partition 
> map.
>
> -- Marc
>
>
> As you can see, he never mentioned a MacFS. :/

So? He's not wrong about anything he said. As I recall, this is a USB
drive, is it not? It's entirely possible (perhaps even probable) that a
disruption in USB connectivity caused the corruption you experienced.

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JR