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Disk drive failure

post #1 of 4
10/2/09 at 7:38am
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My PowerBook isn't booting up, just stuck on the spinning disc. I've tried repairing from the install disc, but I get the messages:

Invalid key length
Volume check failed
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

Is there anything else I can try to rescue the disk?
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post #2 of 4
10/2/09 at 7:56am
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Originally Posted by jasonfj View Post

Is there anything else I can try to rescue the disk?

1) Take your PowerBook to Apple's technical department,
2) pray it is 'just' your disk and not the I/O port on the motherboard, and
3) pray you have a good backup.

Good luck.
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post #3 of 4
10/2/09 at 10:51am
DiskWarrior is supposed to be able to repair that issue:

http://supportdb.alsoft.com:591/FMPr...-Skip=95&-find
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post #4 of 4
10/10/09 at 4:10pm
Also, I would try prosoft's data rescue II, or steve gibson's, spinrite if you need to get data recovered.
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