[X-Newbies] Lost Disc / iPhoto library

[Al Poulin]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Tony Johansen wrote:

> On 13/1/2006 3:44 AM, "Al Poulin" <alpoulin at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 12, 2006, at 5:54 AM, Tony Johansen wrote:

>>> So I have one partition that won't unmount, and one that won't mount.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> I would try DiskWarrior on it.  And maybe TechToolsPro.
>>
>
>  Thank you for coming to the rescue. Regarding using DiscWarrior:  
> how? Not
> used them, but am prepared to buy Disc Warrior if there is a reasonable
> chance of success.

Tony:

When you said earlier that you verified the disk, I assumed you ran 
First Aid with the Repair Disk button, using Disk Utility from your 
startup drive (and not starting up from the external drive with the 
problem).  But looking at your message again leaves two questions.  If 
you worked only with the Verify Disk or the Verify Disk Permissions 
button, try the Repair Disk button.  And if you worked only with the 
'lost' partition, work with the entire disk at the level above the 
partitions.  I suspect a directory at the main level of the disk needs 
attention.

In OS X 10.3, the fourth bullet in the First Aid window mentions trying 
other disk repair programs.  DiskWarrior is the best, readily available 
disk repair program for consumers.  I have it, but have not had to use 
it yet.  Look at:

http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html

So, after making sure you have done everything you can with Disk 
Utility, then go to DiskWarrior.

One serious warning.  Do NOT use Norton Utilities.

A couple years ago, I read about some freeware/shareware repair 
utilities out there.  Perhaps someone else in the list or a look at the 
macfixit or version tracker web sites would help.

Al Poulin
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