"HD must be repaired", "Repair failed, can`t shut down HD"

mostly harmless · 01-23-2013, 10:55 AM

Oh man,

I ran OS X` HD Utility and checked the volume of my boot HD.
HD Utility found that the number of files is incorrect.
As advised, I rebooted from an external drive to repair the internal HD.
Unfortunately the repair procedure was always stopped right away with the error message that the drive could not be turned off (I don`t know the message in english as I use localized language in OS X).

Now what?

benwiggy · 01-23-2013, 11:50 AM

Could not be turned off? Perhaps it could not be unmounted..?
That's still weird if you booted from another drive.

If the drive is using Lion or later, try booting from the Recovery Partition.

hayne · 01-23-2013, 11:58 AM

Are you sure that you booted from an external drive? You usually get that sort of message if you are actually using the drive you are trying to repair.

mostly harmless · 01-23-2013, 11:59 AM

Mac OS 10.6

The drive has a USB 2.0 connection. I don`t have a bootable drive with Firewire.

And I am sure that I did not try to repair the external drive.
The internal drive is named Macintosh HD. The external is named differently and was correctly shown with the yellow icon for external drives.

mostly harmless · 01-23-2013, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayne


	Are you sure that you booted from an external drive? You usually get that sort of message if you are actually using the drive you are trying to repair.

Yes, I am sure. For example there was a video on my desktop that I had deleted after the last backup on this drive.

hayne · 01-23-2013, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mostly harmless


	The external is named differently and was correctly shown with the yellow icon for external drives.

It was shown as yellow *after* you booted from it?
That sounds strange.

acme.mail.order · 01-23-2013, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mostly harmless


	Mac OS 10.6 The drive has a USB 2.0 connection. I don`t have a bootable drive with Firewire.

10.6 => Intel-based machine

Intel Macs can boot from USB.

mostly harmless · 01-24-2013, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acme.mail.order


	10.6 => Intel-based machine Intel Macs can boot from USB.

Mine did boot from USB with 2 different external drives.

This morning I booted from another USB 2 drive. Again, at first, I could not repair the internal drive.
I logged in to another user account with admin rights and it worked.

When in the account without admin rights, there was a prompt to authorize the repair with admin name and password. But the repair wasn`t performed.
Once in the admin account it did work.

01-23-2013, 10:55 AM	#1
mostly harmless Triple-A Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 97	"HD must be repaired", "Repair failed, can`t shut down HD" Oh man, I ran OS X` HD Utility and checked the volume of my boot HD. HD Utility found that the number of files is incorrect. As advised, I rebooted from an external drive to repair the internal HD. Unfortunately the repair procedure was always stopped right away with the error message that the drive could not be turned off (I don`t know the message in english as I use localized language in OS X). Now what? Last edited by mostly harmless; 01-23-2013 at 11:22 AM.

01-23-2013, 11:58 AM	#3
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 31,956	Are you sure that you booted from an external drive? You usually get that sort of message if you are actually using the drive you are trying to repair. __________________ hayne.net/macosx.html

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01-23-2013, 11:50 AM	#2
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,071	Could not be turned off? Perhaps it could not be unmounted..? That's still weird if you booted from another drive. If the drive is using Lion or later, try booting from the Recovery Partition.

01-23-2013, 11:59 AM	#4
mostly harmless Triple-A Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 97	Mac OS 10.6 The drive has a USB 2.0 connection. I don`t have a bootable drive with Firewire. And I am sure that I did not try to repair the external drive. The internal drive is named Macintosh HD. The external is named differently and was correctly shown with the yellow icon for external drives.