[DM-MUG] Repair boot drive.

[kristau]

Another good hard drive repair utility is applejack
(http://applejack.sourceforge.net/). Once installed, "All you need to
do is restart in Single User Mode (SUM), by holding down the command
and s keys at startup, and then typing applejack, or applejack auto
(which will run through all the tasks automatically), or applejack
auto restart (which will also restart the computer automatically at
the end of the process)."

This single utility repairs disks and permissions, cleans up cache
files, validates preference files and removes swap files. I recommend
using the restart option, then walking away. Check on your Mac every
now and then. When you see the familiar login screen, you know it is
done.

If applejack doesn't resolve your issues, then it is likely not a disk
or permissions problem.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Something which you might want to try first would be to go to your
> utilities folder ( to the Dock) select and run Disk Utilities. Select
> your HD and then do "Repair permissions". This will take a while but
> may cure your problem. I am not sure that repairing the HD will help
> your problem but it might. The directions in the article should work
> but the initial screen may be different. But the basics are right and
> it shouldn't  do any harm.
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2009, at Oct 12, 20095:12 PM, AB wrote:
>
>> My HDD seems to need repaired. I'm pretty sure this is due to my
>> font management library, Suitcase fusion conflicting for whatever
>> reason with Adobe suite.
>>
>> To my understanding if I follow the directions found here.
>> http://macs.suite101.com/article.cfm/when_macs_crash
>>
>> it won't erase the current or existing applications and files? Am I
>> mistaken? I've only done complete installs and upgrades with Macs.
>> On Windows I know there's a repair option and performed such on
>> countless occasions.
>>
>> I know I should back up files before performing maintenance.
>> However, my present budget doesn't allow me to make any unexpected
>> purchases right now and the backup would be to large to manually
>> break down to be backed up on discs as I don't have enough to do so.
>> And the system needing repairs is 10.4.11 which means it does not
>> have the Time Machine.capabilities.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>> -A.
>>
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