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Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy

From John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy
Date 2015-02-27 11:12 -0800
Organization Sept. all the time
Message-ID <mcqfh3$8dn$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <mcmc4c$9g6$1@dont-email.me> <260220151856370941%YourName@YourISP.com> <54ef1a83$0$46551$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com> <mcndu4$12s$1@dont-email.me> <54ef50ec$0$54710$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com>

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On 2/26/15   PDT 8:59 AM, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <mcndu4$12s$1@dont-email.me>,
> John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> My next move was going to be— and will still be— just that. I have a
>> Yosemite installed flash drive, but do not know if this older MBP will
>> boot off USB even in best of times. But I also have FW drives, could
>> set them up after a bit.
>>
>
> What MacBook Pro is it? Or what year, if you're not sure? If it's got a
> firewire 800 port, it's probably new enough to also boot from a USB stick.

Can't access the about this Mac, but it has the large square removable 
battery on the bottom.
>
>> Were you able to access the data on the internal? That's the only task
>> I am interested in for now. Getting it to function as a working
>> computer is far down the list, as it's simply and older machine where
>> we have newer functioning ones.
>
> I was able to get at the data for a while. Our problem was a bit
> different: the thing would boot up and about five minutes later would
> "lock up" in the pizza-wheel-of-death. I wasn't worried about the files
> on it -- we use it as a travel computer, and the main files are
> elsewhere (BusyCal, Mail, Stickies, Addresses). It's not a problem to
> restore them to a new drive and reinstall the other apps we use.
>
> When you run disk utility from the recovery partition, what happens if
> you tell it to repair the main disk (you mentioned that you 'ran Disk
> Utility' but I'm not sure what you did exactly. What shows up in Disk
> Utility for disks and volumes?

The top level is in red, with numerals starting with 500. 11 GB 
ST9.............. and the named (formatted) disk is the only subsection. 
Clicking on the top line allows for nothing, and  I re-ran DU about five 
times on my main (and only) partition.

  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".

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MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-24 18:41 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-25 16:11 +1300
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:39 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 00:59 +0000
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-24 23:17 -0500
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-25 00:12 -0500
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-25 07:33 -0500
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:33 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:42 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 01:01 +0000
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 17:05 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-25 19:35 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 21:49 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-26 18:56 +1300
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 08:07 -0500
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:26 -0800
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 11:59 -0500
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:12 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:30 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:02 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:23 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:01 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:41 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-26 19:03 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:14 -0800
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 16:13 -0500
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0800
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 16:29 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 19:40 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:15 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 05:55 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 16:02 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 13:06 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 19:06 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 14:28 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-03 19:56 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:49 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 21:54 -0800

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