Disk drive failure

jasonfjjasonfj
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
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?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    rokcet scientistrokcet scientist Posts: 962member
    Quote:
    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.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,326moderator
    DiskWarrior is supposed to be able to repair that issue:



    http://supportdb.alsoft.com:591/FMPr...-Skip=95&-find
  • Reply 3 of 3
    cubs23cubs23 Posts: 324member
    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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