Mac Os X Error 9972
Please enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked Dan Bliss Level 1 (5 points) Q: Error -9972 in Disk Utility I have a 250 GB external firewire hard drive. I was trying to copy a relatively large folder (4 or 5 GB) from my main drive to the external one when things began to freeze. First just finder, but then the whole computer. I let it sit for a while and then restarted the computer. The firewire drive didn't show up upon restarting, so I tried to repair it in disk utility, but I get the following message:Repairing disk for "EZQ 250GB”Checking HFS Plus volume.Checking Extents Overflow file.Checking Catalog file.Volume check failed.Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)Repair attempted on 1 volume0 HFS volumes repaired1 volume could not be repairedAm I screwed? My iTunes library was stored on the drive along with some other files that aren't terribly vital. I have a fairly recent backup copy of most of the data on the drive on DVD, so I wouldn't lose too many files, but I'd like to avoid formatting the drive if at all possible.Any advice on what to do would be greatly appriciated.Thanks! G4 iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9) Posted on Nov 8, 2006 7:45 PM I have this question too Close Q: Error -9972 in Disk Utility All replies Helpful answers by Kappy, Kappy Nov 8, 2006 8:09 PM in response to Dan Bliss Level 10 (271,775 points) Desktops Nov 8, 2006 8:09 PM in response to Dan Bliss This is a nasty error. I suggest that if you can access the drive in any way you should try to move your files to another medium. You may not be able to recover the drive without reformatting. Following is a lengthy discussion of the problem with possible solutions written by another Mac user:How to Deal with a -9972 ErrorContributed by Fumiaki KawashimaThe error message, "Error: The u
Disk Error (MacBook) If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Welcome to Mac-Forums! Join us to comment and to customize your site experience! Members have access to different forum appearance options, and many more functions. Results 1 to 11 of 11 Thread: OnyX Disk Error (MacBook) Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… 04-05-2007,07:25 AM #1 Cherokee View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Mar 19, 2007 Location USA Posts 512 OnyX Disk Error (MacBook) I ran OnyX last https://discussions.apple.com/thread/726084?tstart=0 night and I received a disk error. Here is what it said. Error detected (-9972) while verifying/repairing volume disk0s2 Macintosh HD I ran OnyX the day before and had no issues. Here is what changed. I deleted Adobe Acrobat using AppZapper. I deleted all languages except for all forms of English using Monolingual. I ran software update. The only updates were something about WWAN and a general fix Airport Extreme update. I rebooted and opened OnyX again. That's when I got http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=58454 the desk error. Does anyone know what I need to do to remedy the situation? Any help will be much appreciated! Reply With Quote 04-05-2007,08:22 AM #2 MacHeadCase Guest Cherokee, the AppZapper guys are real darlings when you have to deal with them, you might want to ask them if they think AppZapper is the cause of this error message: I think they'd be thrilled because this would help them make the app better. Just go to AppZapper and click on the Support tab, this will open an email and you can then describe the problem. Now about the error message... I googled for error -9972 mac os x but holy crap, here comes the teacher! Will have to look into this later, class is starting! Unless someone else picks this up for me. Later! Reply With Quote 04-05-2007,09:17 AM #3 Cherokee View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Mar 19, 2007 Location USA Posts 512 There is nothing for -9972 on Apple's support site. I haven't found anything useful through Google searches yet... I emailed AppZapper support. We'll see if they have anything to say. Reply With Quote 04-05-2007,09:59 AM #4 Cherokee View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Mar 19, 2007 Location USA Posts 512 I found this on Apple's site. I'm not sure if it's related or not. It doesn't address my issue specifically, but it mentions the (-9972) code. It seems to indicate that the code
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disk. Permissions on System files or folders. System, Application, or User-specific cache files. This FAQ, derived from our book, Troubleshooting Mac OS X, will help you to address these issues under the following versions of Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Potential causes The following are potential causes of disk, permission, or cache corruption. System or application crashes. Hard restarts: restarting a frozen or hung system via the power button. Power outages. Bad sectors on your Mac OS X startup disk. Defective or failing hard drives. Application installers which have improperly reset System-related permissions. Risk of data loss Hard drive failures, bad sectors, and directory corruption are serious problems as these can result in data loss. If you value your data, you have implemented a comprehensive Backup and Recovery solution and use it regularly, preferably backing up everything on a daily basis. This practice should significantly minimize the potential for data loss to new data or changes to existing data since the last backup was performed. While Disk Utility or third-party disk utilities can usually correct directory corruption, they cannot repair corrupted files. While directory corruption does not necessarily result in file corruption, certain types of directory corruption, such as overlapped files or extents, can result in file corruption and hence data loss. Likewise, data saved on an area of the hard drive that develops bad sectors will be irretrievably corrupted and unrecoverable. While generally rare, bad sectors can develop on a hard drive at any time. For additional details, see the "Bad sectors" section later in this FAQ. While Disk Utility and third-party disk utilities can be useful in helping to correct directory corruption or address bad sectors, you should consult the precautions cited in the section "Using disk utilities to correct hard drive problems" before employing any disk utility. The potential for data loss, despite the excellent reliability of modern hard drives, is why it is critical to implement a comprehensive Backup and Recovery solution and use it regularly before you need it. No disk utility is a substitute for a good, current backup. While corrupted operating system files can be replaced by reinstalling Mac OS X, corrupted data files can only be salvaged by restoring uncorrupted copies from a backup. Solut