On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 07:44 AM, david wrote: > € Disk First Aid cannot verify or repair the startup disk....The > startup > disk was verified, and repaired if necessary, at boot time. > > Is that incorrect? > Yes, it is. The verification, if it exists, is fantastically low-level. Only a single-user boot or a CD run of Disk Utility can provide you with a repair. Rick Banuelos teasethedog at mac.com