disk utility

When using pdisk I get an error saying map not writeable I have 2 OS X partition's One system 25GB one Swap 0.5GB I also having some free space left on my disk both after and before the above partitions (boot partitions) 6 GB Free .5 GB swap 25GB System 6GB Free When using...

I'm getting some weird stuff on my Mac running 10.1.4. Recently, I was having the freeze whilst trying to shut down/restart - "the spinning colour disk" freeze? Well, I found out that this had something to do with a Norton File in the Application Support folder called: "DTDaemon" I only found...

Both of those apps will simply quit when launched (appear in the dock for 2 sec then disapear)... any idea what I can do? Thing is, I cant use my FW HD properly in 10.1 (its based on that oxford chipset), and I cant upgrade to 10.1.1 till I can mount the image... =/ TIA, Kinniken

I have a problem with disk utility i select my hard drive, but i cant check or repair the disk the buttons are alll in grey, some help?

hi... i'm experiencing a strange thing with disk utility: i get totally different results each time i run it, even within a couple of minutes ... does anyone know what this means? i've repaired my disks with norton utilitys several times under 9.1, but i just get the same strange results when...

i'm experiencing a strange problem: every time i run disk utility under os x it tells me that the volume header block of the partition x is on is damaged and needs repair. when i run disk utility under 9.1 on the other partition it repairs the damage and tells me evrything is okay. then, when...

Hello. I was doing a Disk Utility verification of my startup HD. These are the problems it found: Problem: Volume Bit Map needs minor repair, 4, 180 Problem: Volume Bit Map needs minor repair, 4, 300 Problem: Volume Bit Map needs minor repair, 4, 418 But the Repair button is...

Does anyone know if it's possible to get Disk Utility to fix problems found on an OS X volume which happens to be the startup volume? The "Repair" button is dimmed (i.e., it can't be used), even when I enter my password in Disk Utility. Will I have to instead use the Norton Beta (available at...