My friends Macbook would only boot to a blue screen. So I booted from system disk and checked the HD. Got this error;
invalid node structure
And now it's;
rebuilding catalogue b-tree
It's been like this for over 10 minutes - is that normal? Is there anything else I should do?
I'm having some trouble with my Macbook. It's running on Leopard 10.5.8. I recently tried to partition my hard drive and while doing so it prompted me informing me that there was an 'invalid node structure'. I could then no longer proceed with the partition. I had planned on updating my OS to Snow Leopard. I wanted to partition my internal HD, so I backed up some files on my external HD. I basically wanted my interal HD to run smoothly with a new OS while minimizing the space used. Now I've come across this issue where there is another message being prompted that says, 'invalid sibling links on hard drive'. I found THESE steps on another forum that informed me that this might restore the hard drive back to a readable/functional state but that didn't work either:
(These were the steps I took and nothing happened except another prompt informing me of an 'invalid node structure')
Boot off the OS X CD (reboot, hold C while booting).The installer will load up, go to Utilities in the menu and run Terminal.Type df and look for the drive that has your Mac system mounted---you'll have to unmount this. On my MacBook Pro, it was /dev/disk0s2.Type umount /dev/disk0s2, replacing disk0s2 with whatever disk your OS lives on.Type fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s2. If you umounted the wrong thing, it will complain that you can't repair a mounted drive. Go back and umount the right thing and repeat this step.
I then stumbled upon a few different forums mentioning something about Disk Warrior. I was wondering if THAT would resolved this issue. Honestly, I don't really want to spend much money on buying this but I WILL buy a new hard drive if I ABSOLUTELY need to. I was just trying to see if I can troubleshoot this before I decide to throw in the towel and buy a new hard drive or attempt to try out this Disk Warrior thing.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I have a 17inch intel iMac, early 2006 (the first release). A couple of days ago it decided it no longer wanted to boot up. Inserting the install DVD and running disk utilities verify/repair, it said that the volume had an invalid b-tree node size, and attempting to repair the volume failed.
Everything is backed up from this computer, so at this point in time I am only worried about getting it running again. So, I dug deeper to resolve the issue.
I have been lucky enough to receive the dreaded: B-Tree error
My question is.. will DiskWarrior fix it? and is this a signal that my harddrive is heading downhill?
I have an error of invalid node structure. Can I save my data from my hard drive? Is it even fixable?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Mac OS X (10.7.5)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iPhone 4S, IPad 3 64gb
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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