Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: A 13.3" MacBook Pro (MBP) gets stuck during its boot ups and tests... disk's I/O error in verbose bootup! Date: 26 Sep 2015 16:30:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <56037e3c$0$65400$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <56037f2c$0$65400$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net PB9CHYm0auitw5MvqOm6YwxYVU4a3be5fYwHsHfUGT1XuedLKt Cancel-Lock: sha1:+Am7sKC2Ivcfjr/8n7zLJ0GdZYE= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:80694 On 2015-09-26, Ant wrote: >>>> I am not fully knowledgeable on this but in Disk Utility, try selecting >>>> the actual disk device, not the HFS volume when you do a repair/verify. >>> >>> It's a better idea to run the Repair Disk before first running a Verify >>> Disk >> >> Oops. Dyslexia strikes? >> >> What I really meant was that you should VERIFY first without repairing >> so that you can see what problems are encountered without Disk Utility >> trying to correct them (which modifies the disk). > > Heh. I haven't done of this DU stuff yet. Hopefully tomorrow night with > verify and then repair. I hope it is only a data corruption and not a > physical problem (e.g., dying drive). Hard to tell for certain just from that blurry photo of the verbose boot, but you should be prepared for the drive to be toast just in case! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR