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fsck_hfs

  1. MaGiCSuN

    Make rebootable usb DiskWarrior on different mac

    hi, For the third time (the last year) in a row my mac won't start up. Neither in single mode, safe mood or regular boot. It does in recovery mode. I've tried back up through terminal but my folders are not found. I've used fsck_hfs many many times on the disk0s2 partition. It modified the...
  2. baryon

    External HDD only mounts after 20 minutes of whirring, is it dying?

    I'm using a 2TB Samsung (Model: HD204UI) 3.5 inch hard drive in a Sharkoon QuickPort Duo USB 3 dock, and most of the time it works fine, it's fast, no problems. I use it to back up another external drive with a little app called Backup Buddy, so it's not the end of the world if it dies. I just...
  3. grahamperrin

    Recovery OS, Core Storage, Disk Utility: one request, two runs of fsck_hfs

    A single request for first aid causes two runs of fsck_hfs(8), both of which have file system check exit code 0, zero (the volume appears to be OK). More specifically: the first run of fsck_hfs is preceded by, and followed by, Core Storage stuff – a reported fix (growth) of the LV, to fill the...