derek, gwen, justin & sara tom in hong kong
August 02, 2002
Fix Mac OS X hard disk problems using the command line
  1. Reboot and hold down Command-S till you get to Darwin's command prompt: #
  2. Type the following command and hit Enter: 
    fsck -y

    The fsck program will scan your hard disk and try to fix any problems. This will take about 5 minutes. If there were problems that it fixed, after the scan you'll see the message: FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED. In that case, run the fsck -y command again until it tells you your hard disk seems fine.

    Then type the following command and hit Enter:

    shutdown -nh now

    Power your Mac back up and you're safely back in business!


Posted by derek at August 02, 2002 08:27 PM