Yes, I ran DW and got the same error as with Disk Utility. I could read the drives prior to running the 2 utilities. However any finder actions, such as, moving a window or opening a folder were taking 4-5 minutes to complete. Gregg ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [X4U] Error code help >> From: "Gregg Mastorakos" <lightpainter at cox.net> >> >> I have G4-450 DP running 10.2.6. I ran Disk Utility and Disk Warrior and >> received these errors on 1 partition on 2 separate drives. One of the >> partitions is a boot volume. >> After "checking catalog file" >> the message "keys out of order" (in red) followed by, >> "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit. (-9972)" >> this was on the boot volume on drive 1. >> >> I received "Invalid number of allocation blocks", >> "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit. (-9972)" >> On a partition on my second drive. >> >> I can't access either of these volumes. What do I need to do from here? > > Do you have DiskWarrior? > >