Disk Verification Problems

Ever since my hard drive crashed and was replaced, my MacBook just doesn't seem to be running right. I have to use Word, Excel and Powerpoint all the time for school. Whenever I open any one of them, it literally takes at least five minutes to launch the program and let me start working. I know there's something wrong, but I have no idea what. I'm not going to ask for an answer to a question that vague.

I decided to run disk utility and make sure all my filing system things were correct. I really have no idea what that means, but I figured I'd do it anyway. So I ran the "Verify Disk" test and it came up with this:

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
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Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair

Any ideas as to how I might be able to fix the error?

Funnily enough, I had exactly the same problem last week, with precisely the same error message. I downloaded a free app called AppleJack and ran it. It fixed my error in no time flat. You should try it.

Neil M.

Oh man, you solved my problem. Thanks a million!

Happy I could help. I got the tip from a fellow poster.

Neil M.