Disk Utility hangs up when erasing freespace.
In short, it hangs up, I reboot the computer and the disk won't mount.
The first time this happened I couldn't get back into the HD at and didn't have a recent bootable backup. So I erased the HD and reinstalled Tiger, and then moved copies of my files over.
The second time(months later) this happened I looked for a large hidden meta file, and found nothing. Since I had a recent bootable backup, I booted from the spare HD, erased my PowerBooks HD, and cloned back the information.
This last time (today), using Omni DiskSweeper (Though I should have checked the trash) I noticed two large files in the Trash, EFTFile1.sparseimage and a folder labeled EFTFile2, all under a file folder labeled Recovered Files. This was a after deleting 4 gigs of media files, and rebooting the computer. I erased the files and everything is back to normal.
Does DiskUtility crash on erasing freespace for other people?
Any ideas as to what it hanging it up?
In short, it hangs up, I reboot the computer and the disk won't mount.
The first time this happened I couldn't get back into the HD at and didn't have a recent bootable backup. So I erased the HD and reinstalled Tiger, and then moved copies of my files over.
The second time(months later) this happened I looked for a large hidden meta file, and found nothing. Since I had a recent bootable backup, I booted from the spare HD, erased my PowerBooks HD, and cloned back the information.
This last time (today), using Omni DiskSweeper (Though I should have checked the trash) I noticed two large files in the Trash, EFTFile1.sparseimage and a folder labeled EFTFile2, all under a file folder labeled Recovered Files. This was a after deleting 4 gigs of media files, and rebooting the computer. I erased the files and everything is back to normal.
Does DiskUtility crash on erasing freespace for other people?
Any ideas as to what it hanging it up?