DiskWarrior

DId you do this from Disk Utility? If it's the system disk you're trying to repair then you'll have to boot into Single User Mode to run a repair on the disk 1. Reboot your Mac and when you hear the startup chime, hold down Command-S. This will put you into Single User Mode which is text based (don't be scared of it...it can be very useful). 2. Once at the prompt,...

You could try one of the commercial products DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro. These two will attempt to repair the hard drive data structures. ...

There was a large file on my desktop, called ".tif" (no filename, just ".tif" and nothing else). It was apparently created by the VueScan scanning software. It was not an image I asked it to scan, it's just some sort of test image. It only appears to applications running in Classic. It does not appear to OSX applications, and the Find command in the OSX Finder can't find it. ...

You can use DiskWarrior to rebuild the desktop directory. Highly recommended. Good investment. ...

This morning i powered up my powerbook and the finder appears to not be loading. I get the blue backgroung and the cursor but no icons, dock, menu, etc. i ran diskwarrior 3.0. ...

Take a look at Diskwarrior or Techtool Pro. ...

Ok. Thanks. I was not able to copy anything with SuperDuper because of the error. So, I copied the Home folder to the external. That will have all of her data, including the desktop, right? And how will I put that data back once the computer is fixed, and most likely, there is a fresh install of the OS? Also, I did a hardware diagnostic with the disk that came with the...

Believe Diskwarior over Disk Utility. Diskwarrior is an excellent program. It looks like you need to get as much off your hard drive as you can. Maybe you already did that with SuperDuper. ...

I actually just ran DiskWarrior v4. ...

DiskWarrior can usually fix this error. If you have the latest version, give it a try.