disk utility says unable to repair drive

[jonny4u]

PLEASE HELP
I HAVE AN EXTERNAL 1TB LACIE FRIVE AND I UNPLUGGED THE DRIVE IN ERROR AND NOW DISK UTILITY SAYS UNABLE TO REPAIR DRIVE AS FOLLOWS

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME AS ALL MY ITUNES MUSIC PICTURES ETC EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS IS ON THIS EXTERNAL DRIVE

THIS IS THE ANSWER I RECEIVE

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Verify and Repair disk “LaCie”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error

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PLEASE HELP ME
MY EMAIL IS
jonathan.s@iafrica.com

I AM RUNNING MAC OS X 10.4 11

DESPERATE

[simbalala]

Can you read the disk?

Sometimes you can still see files on the disk even if Disk Utility gives that error.

[jonny4u]

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thank you i cannoy read any files the drive does not even show on my desktop

regards

jonathan

[SGilbert]

Very likely directory problem(s). If anything will fix it, Alsoft's DiskWarrior will. It's not cheap, but indispensable!

Edit: Even though it will not show on the desktop, DiskWarrior will detect it.

[jonny4u]

Thank you i will try it tomorrow after purchasing

i also have a problem with my time capsule -latest version - because of all the power failures we have been having from the summer rains i could not get my time capsule to show up on disk utility or on the network so i used a ballpoint pen and pushed the reset button and the reset button fell into the casing of the time capsule and when i restarted it after switching off the power the time capsule just makes a whirring fan noise high speed and does not show on the network
this time capsule has always been connected directly into my wan/lan port on my i-mac tiger

many thanks
jonathan

can i resolve this problem with your help,or can it only be resolved at an apple reseller or the apple shop where i purchased it
i also had my complete itunes library including the old music and videos of family etc from the old 5 years ago pentium windows ibm computer

now i cannot access any of my music videos and pictures - really bad luck i am having

thanks !!!!!!