My Mac Book Pro 13.-" doesn´t get past the grey booting screen with the apple and the spinning wheel (The loading bar appears but when it´s done nothing happens)
I have 220 GB in one single Partition (Macintosh HD) and there is all my work my music and the only copy of ALL MY PHOTOS. I´m so stupid I don´t have a backup of anything but know I have an external HD with 300GB space. I would like to repair my HDD but more important I need to save my files but I don´t know how to do it in Disk Utility Mode. I read there is a Diskwarrior but I don´t know how to install it without booting the mac. Please help!!!
When I start on Single User mode and enter /sbin/fsck -fs this appears
Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-557-393)
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
The volume name is Macintosh HD
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file
Incorrect number of thread records (4, 23745)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy
Invalid volume directory count (It should be 175703 instead of 175701) Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes (It should be 340062 instead of 340064)
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired after 3 attempts.
*****The volume was modified *****
What are the next steps if fsck fails to repair a drive?
Best Answer
You can try this but please make sure you backup first:
Boot to single-user mode, hold down the command (i.e. cloverleaf or Apple) and "s" keys as the system begins to boot.
To Debug, Repair, Force (and fix errors automatically)
To scan for bad blocks:
Assuming disk0s2 is the one you are looking to repair. (Usually the default "Macintosh HD" drive.)
This should get you back inside your OS.
This link may help too: http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/commandline/single-user.html