[Hidden-tech] lacie extreme disk error messages

David Korpiewski davidk at cs.umass.edu
Fri Feb 26 09:34:43 EST 2010


Freezer trick might work.  You stuff the drive in the freezer for a few 
hours, pull it out, and then try to read it.  You get one shot at this 
and I've had great success -- probably about 80%.  Just get the data off 
and then toss the drive.


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> *Hello,*
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> *looks like my 1TB lacie backup "extreme disk" has finally decided to 
> play with my sanity. I tried runnin' apple's disk utility to no avail. 
> The discs icon shows up in the left panel but will not mount- here are 
> the messages I got:*
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> *Verify and Repair volume “Time Machine _BU”*
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> Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
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> Detected a case-sensitive catalog.
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> Checking Extents Overflow file.
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> Invalid leaf record count
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> (It should be 4500 instead of 4505)
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> Checking Catalog file.
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>  >>Disk Utility stopped repairing “Time Machine _BU” because the 
> following error was encountered:
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> Filesystem verify or repair failed.
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> (It should be 4500 instead of 4505)
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> Checking Catalog file.
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> Invalid node structure
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> Volume check failed.
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> Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
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> *anyone have any insight or suggestions about what I should do next. I 
> know that Lacie has had problems with the "extreme disks" power cords 
> not giving the units enough juice but this doesn't seem related at all.*
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> *trying not to wig out too much...but I do happen to have a A LOT of 
> important stuff on this drive. Help?*
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