It almost never freezes anymore and it's not slow at all. Ever since I TRIED to fix it and got that error, my Mac has been working pretty fine. I also almost never shut it down (only Sleep mode), though i heard that isn't supposed to be bad for it?
I use my computer almost every single day for at least 6 hours. Or maybe it's from constantly using it all the time. Will that really work? And what other solutions are there?Īlso, what could have caused the problem? I suspect it's because i only had about 10GB left of space on this 150GB computer. I'll be getting a new external HD soon, so I'm thinking about just reformatting the computer. :O What can I do now?įrom my research I have found two possible solutions - Buy "Disk Warrior" (~$100), or reformat the computer.
So I rebooted from the install disk and ran Disk Utility again.Įrror: The underlying task reported failure on exit.ġ Volume could not be repaired because of an error. Unmount the EFI partition Also unmount WINDOWS partition if you can see it from Mac Run the Install macOS Sierra from Apps. Okay? My startup disk needs repair i guess. Question: Q: First aid could not unmount the volume for repair More Less Apple Footer This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.Įrror: The underlying task reported failure on exit The underlying task reported failure on exit I verified the disk, and said the following:ĭisk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD"īecause the following error was encountered: It encountered a problem (i forgot what it said, but i can run it again and look for the error if you need it). The day i decided to finally try to fix the problem, it only got worse, to the point where it would be freezing for like 10 seconds every 5 minutes. It had been running a little slow lately and occasionally freezing. I'm on an iMac OS X Version 10.4.11 (Tiger) from 2007. I've done some research about it though i'd like some personal advice on what to do. I have encountered an apparently serious problem here. Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong subforum.