Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Date: 27 Feb 2015 20:13:54 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <260220151856370941%YourName@YourISP.com> <54ef1a83$0$46551$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com> <54ef50ec$0$54710$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <270220151413137854%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net duh0pWnrBDuTklCYaWxMFggrisgdeh42XELUV818ngnLc50Qq3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:s19UvMLdABdZzDaUTJOe8o+SXuc= X-Face: _.g>n!a$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:70305 On 2015-02-27, John McWilliams wrote: > On 2/27/15 PDT 11:13 AM, nospam wrote: >> In article , John McWilliams >> wrote: >> >>> Even though it said "Volume repair complete", the next line says >>> "Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required". Followed >>> by "Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk. backup as many of your >>> files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files."- >>> Which also shows up in a popup dialog, with the only choice being "OK". >>> >>> Running fsck -fy eventually returns "The volume MBP500 could not be >>> verified completely". >> >> get disk warrior. >> > I knew that would come up sooner or later. Don't want to spend $100 or > so for a small possibility. Not a problem if it would work. Better to spend that money on a backup drive anyway so that next time you won't be caught off guard. ; ) -- 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