Invalid Directory Count - Mac Running Slow

joshuaeric · joshuaeric #1 (**permalink**)

12-03-2010, 12:55 PM

My Mac has been running incredibly slow recently. I use the last generation MacBook Air and have Microsoft Office 2011, VMWare Fusion, Safari, and sometimes Photoshop all running simultaneously. Since it started running slow, I did a Verify Disk and noticed that I was getting an invalid directory error. I ra fsck -fy and it repaired the disk. However, it keeps occurring constantly - which I assume is what is causing my computer to run so slow. Is this something that a complete reformat will fix or do I have a failing hard drive?

Thanks in advance!

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

12-03-2010, 01:43 PM

You can certainly try an erase and reinstall if you wish (after making a backup of course), but generally when a hard drive exhibits constant errors as yours is, it's time to replace it.

And BTW, that's a lot of power apps to be running on the last generation Air which is not exactly noted for its speed and robustness.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,978 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	12-03-2010, 01:43 PM You can certainly try an erase and reinstall if you wish (after making a backup of course), but generally when a hard drive exhibits constant errors as yours is, it's time to replace it. And BTW, that's a lot of power apps to be running on the last generation Air which is not exactly noted for its speed and robustness. Community Guidelines
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joshuaeric #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 02, 2010 Posts: 1	12-03-2010, 12:55 PM My Mac has been running incredibly slow recently. I use the last generation MacBook Air and have Microsoft Office 2011, VMWare Fusion, Safari, and sometimes Photoshop all running simultaneously. Since it started running slow, I did a Verify Disk and noticed that I was getting an invalid directory error. I ra fsck -fy and it repaired the disk. However, it keeps occurring constantly - which I assume is what is causing my computer to run so slow. Is this something that a complete reformat will fix or do I have a failing hard drive? Thanks in advance!
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