a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (01/22/91)
In an article, rgonzal@chowder.rutgers.edu (Ralph) writes:
When I use SUM II's "Quick Fix"
feature, I get:
SCSI mapping is OK
Volume Info Block OK
Allocation map is invalid
Directory is bad
Done
SUM II says that it is "unable to repair" the error. Does anyone know
whether Norton Utilities for the Mac will repair such an error? I
believe that I've had this error for quite a while, undetected, since
it wasn't until today that I tried Quick Fix.
First effort to clear this up would involve running Apple's Disk First Aid.
Make sure you use the latest version (gulp. what is the latest version? In
fact what version am I using? OK, I have 1.42. Sigh)rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) (01/23/91)
Hi. I recently posted about a disk problem reported by SUM II which turned out to be a result of interaction between SUM II and Multifinder, rather than a true hard disk problem. This post, however, is entirely UNRELATED, since I am getting a new error on a computer at another site. When I use SUM II's "Quick Fix" feature, I get: SCSI mapping is OK Volume Info Block OK Allocation map is invalid Directory is bad Done SUM II says that it is "unable to repair" the error. Does anyone know whether Norton Utilities for the Mac will repair such an error? I believe that I've had this error for quite a while, undetected, since it wasn't until today that I tried Quick Fix. Thanks, Ralph rgonzal@chowder.rutgers.edu
briang@bari.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon) (01/24/91)
In article <Jan.22.17.07.53.1991.15371@elbereth.rutgers.edu> rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes: < [...] <This post, however, is entirely UNRELATED, since I am getting a new <error on a computer at another site. When I use SUM II's "Quick Fix" <feature, I get: < <SCSI mapping is OK <Volume Info Block OK <Allocation map is invalid <Directory is bad <Done < <SUM II says that it is "unable to repair" the error. Does anyone know <whether Norton Utilities for the Mac will repair such an error? I <believe that I've had this error for quite a while, undetected, since <it wasn't until today that I tried Quick Fix. Hmmm. Sounds like how I spent last weekend, only with slightly different players -- 1stAidHFS in the new 911 Utilities package and the Norton utilities. To make a VERY long story short, the most likely fix is to dump the disk to tape or floppies (50 in my case), reformat the HD (which is NOT done by the menu Initialize command, but rather by the Install HD Utility) and restore from your backup. I tried several less drastic things, involving utilities from lots of vendors, including Apple. You can save time by doing the reformat now, instead of putting it off for many hours first :-( -- :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: | Brian G. Gordon briang@Sun.COM (if you trust exotic mailers) | | ...!sun!briangordon (if you route it yourself) | :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: