"Volume needs repair"- problem

The Applenator · Nov 16, 2006

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The Applenator · Nov 16, 2006

Well,
my wife finally broke down and bought a C2D,Macbook Pro with 2gb of ram and an upgraded 160gb hard drive.
I was getting her laptop set up with a bunch of software and everything, when i decided to repair the permissions on this mac. After I did that I decided to run the "verify disk" program when I get the below error. I can't repair the problem after verifying, that option stays greyed out.
any idea's?

MacsWork · Nov 16, 2006

Boot to the DVD that came with the MBP and use Disk Utilty from the DVD.

rman · Nov 16, 2006

I believe you need to boot from the install media and run disk utilities or boot in to single user mode, then run fsck. You can not fix a disk that is in use, in this case the base OS.

D3v1L80Y · Nov 16, 2006

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The Applenator · Nov 17, 2006

thanks guys. I will post back later today after work to see if this has fixed the problem.

The Applenator · Nov 18, 2006

I went ahead and booted up into single user mode and fixed the HD error.

Thanks again guys!

gblader · Nov 19, 2006

Yes sir, I had that same error too - Good thing to know. But a quick question - Is fixing the errors the equivalent of defragging the disk in Windows? If not, is there a problem to defrag the disk and use the HD more efficiently? Do I even need to?

D3v1L80Y · Nov 19, 2006

gblader said:
Yes sir, I had that same error too - Good thing to know. But a quick question - Is fixing the errors the equivalent of defragging the disk in Windows? If not, is there a problem to defrag the disk and use the HD more efficiently? Do I even need to?

No, it isn't the same thing as defragging.
You really have no need to run any defrag application in OS X.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668

MacsWork · Nov 19, 2006

Will it speed up your disk,...Yes (if you have large files over 20mb that are fragmented)

Is it necessary,...No

gblader · Nov 19, 2006

Thank you guys very much - I'm learning more and more everyday thanks to you guys.