[G4] Disk Problems

Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com
Fri Nov 7 04:30:04 PST 2003


What OS are you running? 9? Does it give the file name and or names. Do you
have DiskWarrior or DriveX? DiskWarrior would probably fix it. If not my
guess is a reformat. 

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> From: 	Lavode
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> Sent: 	Friday, November 7, 2003 2:10 AM
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> Subject: 	[G4] Disk Problems
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have had some instability in my system recently when I use my iPod, 
> so I decided to run a little Disk First Aid.  Repairing the startup 
> volume resulted in the following error:
> Overlapped extent allocation (file 2886156d)
> 
> Disk First Aid completes the check, says that the volume is repaired, 
> but when I run it again, I get the same error.  Any way to fix this 
> problem?  The last time I had a problem like this I had to restore my 
> entire startup volume from a backup, as Norton would fix the symptom, 
> but not the problem.
> 
> TIA,
> -Lavode
> 
> 
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