Volume Check Failed

[yapi]

I just tried going a file system check in an attempt to ease my constant occurence of kernel panics. It doesn't exactly get rid of them, but it at least lengthens the time in between them happening.

However, today, instead of getting my usual "blah blah MODIFIED" or "blah blah seems to be okay", I got a message saying "Volume Check Failed".

Oh no! What could be causing this and how could I remedy it?

[dude_funk]

What software are you using? Is it the Apple Disk Utility? Do you have software running in the background (antivirus utilites/auto-backup stuff)? Disable all other running apps including screensavers and energy saver. Temporarily disconnect from the Internet and/or your network LAN if applicable. The idea is don't let any other applications to interfere when you're running, say, Apple Disk Utility.

[yapi]

I was dong a FSCK, so yeah, no programs were running since I was in single-user mode.

I would run disc utility, but I nowadays experience kernel panics while doing so, so single-user mode is my last savior

[Henjie]

Originally posted by yapi
I was dong a FSCK, so yeah, no programs were running since I was in single-user mode.

I would run disc utility, but I nowadays experience kernel panics while doing so, so single-user mode is my last savior

Try booting from your OS X CD and running Disk Utility from there.

About the kernel panics, since they're still happening after you did a clean install, I reckon they're caused by a hardware incompatibility (bad RAM module, etc.)


~Henjie

[yapi]

Originally posted by Henjie

Originally posted by yapi
I was dong a FSCK, so yeah, no programs were running since I was in single-user mode.

I would run disc utility, but I nowadays experience kernel panics while doing so, so single-user mode is my last savior

Try booting from your OS X CD and running Disk Utility from there.

About the kernel panics, since they're still happening after you did a clean install, I reckon they're caused by a hardware incompatibility (bad RAM module, etc.)


~Henjie

How does one boot from the OSX cd? Whenever I try it always takes me to installation. It's supposed to be command+c, right?

Also, which hardware could possibly be the culprit? I already ran the hardware check CD and it says that everything checks out okay. I also tried unplugging all the peripherals before booting up, and I'm sure it can't be my new RAM since someone used it before me for a month, and the panics have been happening even before I put it in anyway.

Any other hardware I might have missed? Something inside the iMac, perhaps?

[marvinp]

Originally posted by yapi
How does one boot from the OSX cd? Whenever I try it always takes me to installation. It's supposed to be command+c, right?

Restart and hold down 'C' only until the Apple logo appears. Try to remove and re-install the memory, it might not be seated properly in the slot.

Have you tried creating a new admin user account for testing purposes? If you still get kernel panics in a new account, your best bet would be a reinstall of the OS.

Hope this helps.

[yapi]

Originally posted by marvinp

Restart and hold down 'C' only until the Apple logo appears. Try to remove and re-install the memory, it might not be seated properly in the slot.

Have you tried creating a new admin user account for testing purposes? If you still get kernel panics in a new account, your best bet would be a reinstall of the OS.

Hope this helps.

Eep! Unfortunately a not too tech savvy person such as myself would never even DREAM of opening her own iMac. Too dangerous! But I am hoping that the RAM is properly placed, since I did bring it down to the Mac Center to have it professionally done. I'm bringing it to Ynzal tomorrow, and if they check it out and find out that is *has* been done wrong, I'm not gonna be happy!

But I would like to believe that it was done right! I'm quite sure it was..

I actually just did a clean install. And the panics still come *sigh*. But at least I was finally able to repair permissions using the OSX cd like you said. Although when I tried to repair the volume, I got the same message, albeit in different words:

"Volume cannot be repaired".

Nooooooooo!

Nomer at Ynzal says that my baby may be up for a reformat, so that's what we're going to do tomorrow. So I guess it's in the doctor's hands now Good luck to me, hehe.

[extremyks]

Nomer suggestion might be the only answer... if by formating there's still some sector or volume problem, it could be that your HD may have a problem though not the entire of it.

It did happen to my old Quantum brand HD... was able to format it but then later on it died.

[yapi]

Yikes, let that not be the case. How much later did you HD die? Not too soon after, I hope?

[extremyks]

It did last for almost a year... But don't worry, HD don't have the same faith all throughout Formatting might also clear the volume related problems.

Just imagine how hard your iMac HD works... inside that cramped-hot board and CRT tube.

As they say, there are times you get lucky... your hardware won't fail that easily. My flowerpower is always on 24hrs. for almost 2 months now and it still never fails me.