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Running a Macbook Pro OSX 10.5.8
2.4ghz Intel Core 2 duo
4gb 667 mhz DDR2 sdram
I have two external hard drives, both Lacie branded 1tb drives named T1 and T2. T1 is my Time Machine volume, and both drives are bootable. (*cough* were)
T2 began having problems about a week or so ago, and disk utility (from the boot volume and when booted from the original dvd) couldn't fix it. Tech Tools Pro 5 doesn't even seem to try. I do not have Disk Warrior - $99 is a big deal, especially if it might not work. That's one reason I'm here.
Now T1 is also showing up as failing. When I run fsck, I am told that BOTH drives have invalid block count/wrong magic #.
Here's what I get when I try an alternate superblock location, even though fsck indicated that these WERE alternate locations:
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$ /sbin/fsck -b 32 /dev/disk4s3
Alternate super block location: 32
** /dev/rdisk4s3
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$ /sbin/fsck -b 40864 /dev/disk4s3
Alternate super block location: 40864
** /dev/rdisk4s3
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$
I read somewhere that this is a problem caused by drive failure, but what are the odds of TWO of them dying within a week of each other, and T2 is only about six weeks old.
I don't have a great deal of background knowledge regarding terminal, etc., but I'm can follow directions and catch on fairly quickly. What do I do now?
2.4ghz Intel Core 2 duo
4gb 667 mhz DDR2 sdram
I have two external hard drives, both Lacie branded 1tb drives named T1 and T2. T1 is my Time Machine volume, and both drives are bootable. (*cough* were)
T2 began having problems about a week or so ago, and disk utility (from the boot volume and when booted from the original dvd) couldn't fix it. Tech Tools Pro 5 doesn't even seem to try. I do not have Disk Warrior - $99 is a big deal, especially if it might not work. That's one reason I'm here.
Now T1 is also showing up as failing. When I run fsck, I am told that BOTH drives have invalid block count/wrong magic #.
Here's what I get when I try an alternate superblock location, even though fsck indicated that these WERE alternate locations:
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$ /sbin/fsck -b 32 /dev/disk4s3
Alternate super block location: 32
** /dev/rdisk4s3
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$ /sbin/fsck -b 40864 /dev/disk4s3
Alternate super block location: 40864
** /dev/rdisk4s3
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
mdrks-macbook-pro:~ mdrk$
I read somewhere that this is a problem caused by drive failure, but what are the odds of TWO of them dying within a week of each other, and T2 is only about six weeks old.
I don't have a great deal of background knowledge regarding terminal, etc., but I'm can follow directions and catch on fairly quickly. What do I do now?