Tiger--the dreaded "volume header needs minor repair"

Tiger 10.4.3; Powerbook "Al" G4--

I first noticed a problem when "Software Update" hit some infinite
loop/"freeze" in the progress bar. Subsequently, trying to repair
permissions in both Macaroni and Disk Utility resulted in a similar
"nada," requiring a force-quit. Worst of all, Disk Utility
couldn't/still can't 'find" my main HD! . . .

Restarting from my external/bootable LaCie drive, its Disk Uitlity app
"found" my HD, reported the "volume header needs minor repair" prob.,
and 'fixed" it. Restarting from the main HD, however, i found the same
probs.; repeated the LaCie start-up: no errors found. Tried the Unix
"fsck" deal: "no probs." detected. But still, my main HD Tiger sys
obviously can't find "itself," as it were, as a "volume" per se.

Question 1: I don't have the Tiger sys DVD anymore, and wonder if it's
even worth my while to consider buying it again, in the hopes that its
startup Disk Utility might do any better?!

Question 2: any other obvious repair options (short of reformatting) I
haven't thought of?

Question 3: assuming a no-good re Questions 1 & 2, the good news is
that I have everything backed up on the LaCie external drive. However,
my backup program is Silverkeeper, and its documentation is rather
sparse. If I did reformat the main drive, is reversing the backup an
easy procedure? . . .

--tgannon

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> Tiger 10.4.3; Powerbook "Al" G4--
>
> I first noticed a problem when "Software Update" hit some infinite
> loop/"freeze" in the progress bar. Subsequently, trying to repair
> permissions in both Macaroni and Disk Utility resulted in a similar
> "nada," requiring a force-quit. Worst of all, Disk Utility
> couldn't/still can't 'find" my main HD! . . .
>
> Restarting from my external/bootable LaCie drive, its Disk Uitlity app
> "found" my HD, reported the "volume header needs minor repair" prob.,
> and 'fixed" it. Restarting from the main HD, however, i found the same
> probs.; repeated the LaCie start-up: no errors found. Tried the Unix
> "fsck" deal: "no probs." detected. But still, my main HD Tiger sys
> obviously can't find "itself," as it were, as a "volume" per se.
>
> Question 1: I don't have the Tiger sys DVD anymore, and wonder if it's
> even worth my while to consider buying it again, in the hopes that its
> startup Disk Utility might do any better?!

You might want to take a look at"

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301269

There us also an article at the Apple support site listing many of the
false error messagges the incompatible Disk Utility versions can give.

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Cathy

--
"there's a dance or two in the old dame yet." - mehitabel

C.Stevenson, M.D.
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Bought DiskWarrior--problem fixed! . . .

--tcg