But before that, you'd better back up as many files as possible to another drive, just like Disk Utility suggested. Do You Still Have AppleCare?. Then select Quit Process from the Processes menu. Disk First Aid was truly the first line of defense, able to correct minor problems. The overlapped error indicates that two or possibly more files occupied the same location on the drive being repaired. Wait until the process finished. If so, go back to work.
Or, click the search icon and type a description of your problem to see if fixes turn up. You may need to boot your Mac into single-user mode and run the fsck file system check command the old-fashioned way. Once install done boot from it. Unfortunately, the current version of Disk First Aid won't make repairs to the start-up volume. Restore from a Time Machine Backup Say the worst has happened and you must wipe your drive and start fresh or install a new drive. Who says the optical drive is dead? Since you didn't launch them, they aren't listed in the Force Quit Applications window. It depends which you select in the sidebar.
This is as far as I got through searching for solutions online. Otherwise, on the off chance that the kernel panic was caused by corrupted software rather than a bug, try to reinstall the suspected culprit. After entering the password, you'll have root access to the application and to any files you open from within it. Ultimately, First Aid tells you you hope that the drive has been repaired and is now okay. DiskWarrior has consistently repaired drives that Disk Utility failed on. There may be a problem preventing you from deleting the file; hopefully, the utility will fix it. Disk Utility: Repair or erase a disk using Disk Utility.
You can either run the First Aid function on an entire disk, or an individual partition on that disk. Or if you have an external drive make a partition, install osx on that external drive through bootable usb. Every drive has several strangely named components such as B-trees, extent files, catalog files, and other creatively named invisible files. Dock Quit To quit processes not listed in the Force Quit Applications window, use Process Viewer. This is the thing you should try last, as Disk Utility in the recovery environment may work better and be more capable. Once all repairs are made, type reboot and press return. Your Mac will load straight into recovery mode.
Just wait for the new external drive. Restart, and hold down command-S. Watch Blu-ray movies to experience near studio master image quality. If you have encountered the First Aid failure when trying to fix external hard drives, the simplest way is to reformat the external hard drive. Hold the keys until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe. When you installed Yosemite, you also gained a hidden partition made just for such moments.
The fsck command may find additional errors after repairing the first batch of errors, so Apple recommends you run the fsck command again if it found and fixed problems. The actual messages displayed will vary by the type of volume being tested or repaired. Before you can do that, you have to set up a root account. Remember, however, that this will fix the problem only for that particular file. Now it happens only rarely, though you still should before ever performing a disk repair. If possible, back up the data on this volume. So I checked if I could get back into Windows and ran Windows 10 with no problem.
Your Mac will be able to fix errors on your system drive from recovery mode. This dumps you into single-user mode. However, if you are an administrator and you want to modify the contents of the System Folder, you can do so by giving yourself root access. Log Out or Restart If neither Force Quit nor Quit Process works, select Log Out from the Apple menu to log out, and then log back in. Most external drive comes with hdd unless you bought the ssd ones which will cost more.
If the Admin designation does not appear next to your name, you're not an administrator. This is the first of many short videos that I will be releasing every Wednesday. Just be prepared to pay for repairs. So, here I have explained about a fix which can solve the issue. Three of a Kind To make a user an administrator, select his name, click on Edit User, and choose the appropriate option.
You do it by holding down the Shift key during startup. You'll see a distressingly long block of white and yellow text against a black background. The details will reveal the steps being taken by the verification and repair process. You can do this, in theory, without harming your files and settings. They may be able to fix problems that Disk First Aid misses.