Ahh, good suggestions. I have both - I'll try Disk Warrior first. Thanks! Gordon Alley wrote: >My next step would be to use DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro to rebuild >the disk's directory. If you don't have access to one of those, you >could try restarting the Mac and holding down the Shift key as it >reboots. This invokes the "safe boot" mode, which I believe also >forces the Mac to run its disk check/repair program during startup. > >Good luck. > >On 9/3/05, Neil Poese <npoese at earthlink.net> wrote: > > >>I'm trying to repair permissions on one of the emacs in my school video >>lab, but when I click on the hard drive in disk utility, the window >>closes. The system is a new upgrade to 10.3.9 but none of the other >>machines are doing it and they were also upgraded at the same time. Does >>anyone have any ideas? >> >>Thanks, >>Neil Poese >> >> > > >