Need help with Diskwarrior 5

[MrLrodk]

I booted my 2007 imac onto Diskwarrior 5s thumb drive today and was able to run a scan to rebuild the directory. My imac had been unable to boot for a couple of days now and i was trying to rule out any issues with the startup directiry after multiple failed Disk Utility attempts to recognize the volume and/or correct the problem. Once the Diskwarrior scan was complete, a report popped up where you can preview the changes, then click either "cancel" to abort or "replace" to apply the new directory. Unfortunately the "replace" button is grayed out and i don't know how to get it to display so that i can click on it to approve the new directory. Any suggestions?
[doublepost=1467854387][/doublepost]This is what the report looks like, except the "REPLACE" button on the lower right is shaded out.

 

[JohnDS]

This may mean that the disk cannot be repaired, but I would check with Disk Warrior's free tech support:

http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/support.html

 

[MrLrodk]

I will call them first thing in the morning. Oddly enough my second imac is now having the same exact issue. I had connected both imacs last night in target mode to try and do a disk repair from the working one. But today that one is out if commision as well. Could this be a virus?

 

[chrfr]

I will call them first thing in the morning. Oddly enough my second imac is now having the same exact issue. I had connected both imacs last night in target mode to try and do a disk repair from the working one. But today that one is out if commision as well. Could this be a virus?

It's not a virus. It's likely that there's something else going on; Alsoft support will get you sorted out. Please post back here once you've talked to them to see what they say.

 

[TonyK]

Any updates to be had?

 

[huperniketes]

Any updates to be had?

It doesn't look like he's been back.