Boot drive problems

[R.L. Grigg]

On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Erik Saline wrote:
>
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 3, 2007, at 1:09 AM, R.L. Grigg wrote:
>>
>>> I forgot we had the Intel version of DiskWarrior! I ran it twice.  
>>> The first time it found lots of stuff but still wouldn't boot, so  
>>> I ran it again and it found nothing and still doesn't boot OSX,  
>>> just XP. I guess it must be some bad physical problem with the  
>>> drive. Ill look into Data Rescue II.
>>
>> Actually, it may have fixed the directory problems, but you have a  
>> critical system file that's just jacked up, either corrupted or  
>> maybe on a bad sector. So it might still be worthwhile  
>> repartitioning and starting completely from scratch. But yeah if  
>> it gives you a hard time, don't trust it.
>>


When I boot into Disk Utility to repartition the drive it just spins  
forever on 'modifying partition map'. I still cant tell if its  
hardware or software at fault. Win XP still boots fine.


> If you happen to have a 2nd Mac around you can boot up your Mac  
> Book in Target Disk Mode.
>
> Connect your Mac Book to the 2nd Mac using Firewire and boot you  
> Mac Book into Target Disk mode by holding down the T key during  
> boot up.  Your Mac book will show up as 2nd HD on the 2nd Mac.


This procedure works except for the part about the drive showing up  
on the other Mac. The MacBook goes into TDM just fine, but no other  
Mac sees it as a drive when I connect them with a Firewire cable.

<postal rant>
I went to the Apple store 'genius' bar but was told to go home,  
they're full today. WTF? The things busted, its under warranty, fix  
it!! Can't I just drop it off? No you have to make an appointment.  
But the reservation system's down now so try again tomorrow. Oh but  
we're closed tomorrow, so try Friday. WTF? Don't I have a RIGHT to  
have this thing fixed? Doens't the @&$%^! warranty mean anything?
</rant>
Russ