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enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked ][ Level 1 (5 points) Q: Disk Erase Failed Did a search disk erase failed with the error couldn t open device on the topic here and most of them didn't really offer a workable
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solution for me.My hard disk suddenly disappeared from desktop after nine to ten months of usage. Managed to mount unable to write to the last block of the device mac it eventually but Finder said that I have limited access to it and asked me to backup whatever I can. I didn't have any data loss because I backup regular to other hard
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disks.Tried DiskWarrior 4.1 to see if it helps and DW reported some errors and stopped operation. Anyhow, I tried to repair, erase or partition the hard disk in question but Disk Utility said either resource busy in Leopard or input/output error in Tiger when I used separate startup disks.Finally, I ran TechTool Pro 4.5.6 and did some scans. Read/Write scan passed but when it came to disk erase failed couldn't open disk Surface Scan, it spilt out lots and lots and lots of bad blocks.So, can I assume that the hard disk is a goner or is there any chance to erase the hard disk and use it as a temp storage? I have two more hard disks suffered the same exact faith. All three hard disks are of the same batch. Wonder why this happen? Posted on Apr 29, 2008 5:49 AM I have this question too Close Q: Disk Erase Failed All replies Helpful answers by Kenichi Watanabe, Kenichi Watanabe Apr 29, 2008 6:09 AM in response to ][ Level 8 (40,117 points) Mac OS X Apr 29, 2008 6:09 AM in response to ][ Try using Disk Utility to Erase the drive using the Security Option to Zero Out Data. This procedure will write zeros to all sectors. The drive will attempt to map out any bad sectors. If there are too many, the procedure will fail with an error message, or it will stall and never complete. But if it does complete successfully, you may be able to use the drive, at least temporarily.I have two more hard disks suffered the same exac
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is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: error: -69888: couldn't unmount disk Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Get rid of “Resource Busy” message on Mac OS X up vote 7 down vote favorite 1 I am trying to repair https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1503696?start=0&tstart=0 a lost HSF+ partition table an iMac by running the i command inside of sudo pdisk /dev/rdisk1. Once I try running the i command, I get an error message saying that the resource is busy: pdisk: can't open file '/dev/rdisk1' for writing (Resource busy) I get the same result when using /dev/disk1, /dev/rdisk2, and /dev/disk2. I also tried running sudo gpt /dev/(r)disk(1-3). Interestingly enough, the I only get a result from /dev/rdisk3: So, I try to see what is using the resource http://superuser.com/questions/906513/get-rid-of-resource-busy-message-on-mac-os-x by running sudo lsof /dev/rdisk1, as well as sudo lsof /dev/disk1. Nothing shows up: I've also tried unmounting the device by running sudo umount /dev/disk1 as well as sudo umount /dev/rdisk1. I get a message saying that the device is not currently mounted: Here's a list of all of the disks connected to the computer, found by running sudo DiskUtil list: /dev/disk0 - The disk of the computer that the iMac is connected to. /dev/disk1 - The HDD of the iMac. /dev/disk2 - The SSD of the iMac. /dev/disk3 - I don't know what this is. I would assume it is the combined HDD and SSD of the iMac. /dev/disk4 - An external hard drive. /dev/disk5 - I have no clue what this is either. Maybe utilities for /dev/disk4? The iMac has a fusion drive, and /dev/disk1 is the HDD. I've tried with the SSD, /dev/disk2, but I get the same result. I have the iMac plugged into another computer via thunderbolt, and by holding t when the iMac started up, the Macintosh HD showed up as an external device on the other computer. How could I get rid of this message? I've tried restarting both the iMac and the computer that it is connected to. osx unix partition-recovery file-recovery share|improve this question edited Apr 30 '15 at 2:53 asked Apr 27 '15 at 1:51 Jojodmo 88116 discussions.apple.com/message/19120776#19120776 –Ali786 Apr 29 '15 at 5:38 This question could be better ask
10.5: Avoid 'resource busy' errors in Disk Utility Nov 08, '07 04:30:00PM • Contributed by: Roph In attempting to use Disk Utility to make a .dmg image file archive of a volume http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071029100721107 on my Mac under Leopard, I got a new error message that did not appear before with Tiger: Unable to create "Drive To Backup" (Resource busy). Apparently in Leopard, you have to first unmount the volume you want to back up before you attempt to backup the image from the File » New » Disk Image From menu selection. [robg adds: A commenter on the queue review disk erase site notes he had the same problem, but believes it to be a bug (which he filed). In the interim, though, this solution works.] • Currently 3.43 / 5 You rated: 5 / 5 (7 votes cast) [90,694 views] Hint Options Printable Hint Format Subscribe to 'macosxhints.com 10.5 tips' 10.5: Avoid 'resource busy' errors in Disk Utility | 2 comments | Create New Account disk erase failed Newest First Oldest First Flat Nested No Comments Threaded Click here to return to the '10.5: Avoid 'resource busy' errors in Disk Utility' hint The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say. 10.5: Avoid 'resource busy' errors in Disk Utility Authored by: RobLewis on Jan 01, '09 12:00:00PM Thanks for this tip. When I got the "resource busy" error, I tried using Disk Utility's "Unmount" button before trying to create the disk image, but this doesn't work because DU no longer sees the drive (didn't it use to have a "Rescan" command to find drives that weren't mounted?) I unplugged and replugged the FireWire cable so Disk Utility would rediscover the drive, then in the Finder, dragged the drive icon to the trash. Only then was I able to create the disk image. Poor design! [ Reply to This | # ] 10.5: Avoid 'resource busy' errors in Disk Utility Authored by: lexicon5 on Jul 15, '09 06:35:56AM Works perfectly well...and this issue is still present in 10.5.7. Unmounting the partition as opposed to ejecting the disk is what's required. Scratching head. Can't figure out why Apple would red