On 3/15/08 2:42 PM, Robert A. (Bob) Hall wrote: > Linda, thanks for your response. I have always been able to > verify,and not repair, the boot volume, from the booted volume. In > fact when I just now booted on my external FireWire disk I could > verify from the booted (FireWire) disk--and I am not able to repair > that disk (the Verify Disk button is not grayed and the Repair Disk > button is grayed out). My Verify button is greyed out; I don't recall ever being able to Verify a disk I couldn't also Repair, but typically I repair my disks via Safe Boot and DiskWarrior, so I don't visit Disk Utility that often for those chores. What OS are you using?