Filesystem verify or repair failed.

mattrhunter · 03-22-2012, 04:20 PM

I have a WD external hard drive (Mdl#: WD1600U07-1003) that recently got knocked out of the USB port. It is no longer docking and showing up in finder. I store several large files on the drive, that if anything, I would like to recover so I could reformat the drive without destroying anything on it. But before that, I would like to repair the drive if possible. Disk Utility isn't being any help. While the drive isn't showing up in Finder under "Devices," it is showing up in DU. I tried to verify and repair the external drive and I keep coming up with the "Filesystem verify or repair failed" error.

Verifying volume "Hunter HD"
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Keys out of order

The volume Hunter HD needs to be reparied
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

Verify and Repair volume "Hunter HD"
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Keys out of order
Rebuilding Catalog B-tree.

The volume Hunter HD needs to be reparied
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

I saw somebody ask somebody in another thread to run some lines in terminal. I figured I might as well too to see if it can tell you anything... I'm usually pretty good at trouble shooting on my own (replacing an internal drive, etc), but when it comes down to the hard stuff, I get lost.

Last login: Thu Mar 22 13:58:02 on ttys000
Macintosh-89:~ MH$ ls -al /Volumes
total 8
drwxrwxrwt@ 3 root admin 102 Mar 22 14:07 .
drwxrwxr-t 35 root admin 1258 Mar 22 13:46 ..
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1 Mar 22 13:44 MacBook HD -> /
Macintosh-89:~ MH$ id
uid=501(MH) gid=501(MH) groups=501(MH),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),79(_appserverusr),80(admin)
Macintosh-89:~ MH$ df
Filesystem 512-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 624470624 232021016 391937608 38% /
devfs 214 214 0 100% /dev
fdesc 2 2 0 100% /dev
map -hosts 0 0 0 100% /net
map auto_home 0 0 0 100% /home
Macintosh-89:~ MH$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *298.1 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacBook HD 297.8 Gi disk0s2
Macintosh-89:~ MH$ echo "done"

Basically, is there a simple fix? Can I repair the drive without losing the data? Or if I have to rewrite the drive, is there a free way to recover the data off of it before I reformat? Thanks for any help

mattrhunter · 03-23-2012, 04:33 PM

I got my hands on a copy of DiskWarrior and it took care of my problem for me. Excellent program, and very easy to use if you end up having the same problem as me. My external drive was restored in minutes.

03-22-2012, 04:20 PM	#1
mattrhunter Prospect Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2	Filesystem verify or repair failed. I have a WD external hard drive (Mdl#: WD1600U07-1003) that recently got knocked out of the USB port. It is no longer docking and showing up in finder. I store several large files on the drive, that if anything, I would like to recover so I could reformat the drive without destroying anything on it. But before that, I would like to repair the drive if possible. Disk Utility isn't being any help. While the drive isn't showing up in Finder under "Devices," it is showing up in DU. I tried to verify and repair the external drive and I keep coming up with the "Filesystem verify or repair failed" error. Verifying volume "Hunter HD" Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume. Checking Extents Overflow file. Checking Catalog file. Keys out of order The volume Hunter HD needs to be reparied Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. Verify and Repair volume "Hunter HD" Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume. Checking Extents Overflow file. Checking Catalog file. Keys out of order Rebuilding Catalog B-tree. The volume Hunter HD needs to be reparied Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. I saw somebody ask somebody in another thread to run some lines in terminal. I figured I might as well too to see if it can tell you anything... I'm usually pretty good at trouble shooting on my own (replacing an internal drive, etc), but when it comes down to the hard stuff, I get lost. Last login: Thu Mar 22 13:58:02 on ttys000 Macintosh-89:~ MH$ ls -al /Volumes total 8 drwxrwxrwt@ 3 root admin 102 Mar 22 14:07 . drwxrwxr-t 35 root admin 1258 Mar 22 13:46 .. lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1 Mar 22 13:44 MacBook HD -> / Macintosh-89:~ MH$ id uid=501(MH) gid=501(MH) groups=501(MH),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),79(_appserverusr),80(admin) Macintosh-89:~ MH$ df Filesystem 512-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk0s2 624470624 232021016 391937608 38% / devfs 214 214 0 100% /dev fdesc 2 2 0 100% /dev map -hosts 0 0 0 100% /net map auto_home 0 0 0 100% /home Macintosh-89:~ MH$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *298.1 Gi disk0 1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS MacBook HD 297.8 Gi disk0s2 Macintosh-89:~ MH$ echo "done" Basically, is there a simple fix? Can I repair the drive without losing the data? Or if I have to rewrite the drive, is there a free way to recover the data off of it before I reformat? Thanks for any help

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03-23-2012, 04:33 PM	#2
mattrhunter Prospect Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2	I got my hands on a copy of DiskWarrior and it took care of my problem for me. Excellent program, and very easy to use if you end up having the same problem as me. My external drive was restored in minutes.