Upgraded from OS X 10.4 to 10.6, unable to repair filesystem booting from install disc

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I have a MacBook which is a few years old now. When I run the "Verify disk" command from within Disk Utility, I get a message:

Volume header needs minor repair
The volume Mac OS X was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired.  Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.

When I boot using the OS X installation disk which came with laptop and use Disk Utility there to repair the volume, it reports:

The volume Mac OS X appears to be OK.
No repairs were necessary.

When I reboot back into the normal OS and run Disk Utility again it still reports the previous error.

This laptop came with OS X 10.4.6, but has since been upgraded to OS X 10.6.x. I presume that I'm unable to use the installation disc to repair the volume because it is too old for the upgraded operating system and filesystem.

Without owning a physical install disc for OS X 10.6, how can I repair the volume?

(Note: I was able to borrow an install disc for OS X 10.6, but unfortunately this was from a 64-bit Mac and wouldn't boot, my MacBook is 32-bit only.)

pauldoo

Posted 2012-10-19T17:45:44.400

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Answers

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In order to upgrade to 10.6, you would have had a retail Snow Leopard install disk. That install disk will be able to boot on your computer.

If you do not have the install disk, you may need to purchase a new one or purchase a separate drive repair tool like Drive Genius.

Alan Shutko

Posted 2012-10-19T17:45:44.400

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Interesting... I had a look but couldn't find an install disc in my cupboard. I'd assumed OS X 10.6 might have been an internet upgrade that didn't come on physical media (I honestly don't remember the upgrade process).

Perhaps I should look harder for my disc.. – pauldoo – 2012-10-19T17:55:16.433

Nope, first internet upgrade was Lion. – Alan Shutko – 2012-10-19T18:02:39.527

After finding my 10.6 install disc this did the trick. Excellent. :) – pauldoo – 2012-10-19T19:26:06.857

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