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recovering 'lost' disk space
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 353110" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Unfortunately, this smacks of a file system error. I would start by going to Disk Utility, selecting your hard drive, and doing the Verify Disk operation. Hopefully this may turn up the error and even correct it. </p><p></p><p>If not, you may need to shell out for some "heavy armor", Disk Warrior, which will do a nice job of this for you. See: <a href="http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior" target="_blank">http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior</a>. </p><p></p><p>Another tool in this category is Techtool Pro. See: <a href="http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=48" target="_blank">http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=48</a></p><p></p><p>Proceed with caution in all cases however. It is all too easy to quickly answer a dialog button without carefully considering the question being asked, and trash your data. I would advise backing up all of your personal data before embarking on this fix effort, just in case it goes awry and you have to re-install.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 353110, member: 17052"] Unfortunately, this smacks of a file system error. I would start by going to Disk Utility, selecting your hard drive, and doing the Verify Disk operation. Hopefully this may turn up the error and even correct it. If not, you may need to shell out for some "heavy armor", Disk Warrior, which will do a nice job of this for you. See: [url]http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior[/url]. Another tool in this category is Techtool Pro. See: [url]http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=48[/url] Proceed with caution in all cases however. It is all too easy to quickly answer a dialog button without carefully considering the question being asked, and trash your data. I would advise backing up all of your personal data before embarking on this fix effort, just in case it goes awry and you have to re-install. [/QUOTE]
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