Thank you. It seems I did not journal the disk when I set it up. So that is the answer. Bob >On 03/15/08, "Robert A. (Bob) Hall" <rahall at ptd.net> wrote: >> >> I can't Verify my boot Volume using Disk Utility while on the boot >> volume. The Verify button remains grayed out. This remains even after >> I have repaired the boot Volume with both Disk Warrior and Disk >> Utility on my external FireWire and the appear ok after the repair. >> My OS is version 10.4.11. >> >> Can anyone tell me what the problem might be. > >You can only verify, not repair, a boot volume from the boot volume, only if >journaling is enabled. IIRC, that feature started with Tiger.