Help, regarding Diskwarrior and bad drive, could not find proper answer

[happyhour81]

So just a little background: This is seen in many threads but wanted to give you the background. Thank you all in advance. Forums are great. Dont mind the bolded lettering just thought it would help clear up what I really want answered.

1. Opened mac from sleep...result=frozen
2. Reboot=result grey screen with apple and loading
3. Reboot, pressed option. (I have MacHD and Bootcamp)
4. Tried to run both at different times...mac froze both times.

Now I am freaking out because I think my HD is shot.

5. Ran Disk Utility...Mac HD couldnt be repaired. No Go
6. Ran DiskWarrior, rebuilt and checked preview...
Could not see original in Preview because it was too damaged (at least this is what it was telling me).

7. Here is my first question: When I copy to my external hard drive...the preview tells me the actual rebuilt size is 176GB(and change) and I have 40GB free. However, when I copy to external it only copies about 122GB of that. What is happening? Shouldnt it copy the entire rebuilt portion which is 176GB? It is hard to say what isnt being copied becuase I dont have the oroginal to compare it to

5. Also, could not replace because it was giving me an error telling me something about a malfunction of the disk. (have seen this in other threads)
6. Next Questions:
I am curious if:
-Should I try to rebuild and copy the preview again? (will it give me a better image? I think I know the answer but I am being hopeful)

What should I do next?
-Should I then install OSX again and do a archive and install?

What can I do about my Bootcamp partition?

Any advice, experience with this would be very much appreciated.

 

[Doctor X]

Dont mind the bolded lettering just thought it would help clear up what I really want answered.

We like bold almost as much as italics Helps with organization.

Could not see original in Preview because it was too damaged (at least this is what it was telling me).

Can you see individual files in Preview? If you can you should save those. Some might be salvageable. In my experience, a lot if not all of the "stuff" we consider our "stuff" is.

.the preview tells me the actual rebuilt size is 176GB(and change) and I have 40GB free. However, when I copy to external it only copies about 122GB of that. What is happening?

I do not know not seeing screen shots of the report. But you could compare "what" is in the both previews--the one you transfer and the one you have on the failing drive. IF what is missing is damaged OS X stuff, you are going to replace all of that when you get the new drive, reload your OS X, et cetera. It could be that it is not transferring whatever you have on your BootCamp partition. I do not know.

Shouldnt it copy the entire rebuilt portion which is 176GB? It is hard to say what isnt being copied becuase I dont have the oroginal to compare it to

Okay, if you copied the Preview, got rid of the Preview? Otherwise you should have both--your original Preview and what you copied over to your Ex-HD. Unless I am missing something.

5. Also, could not replace because it was giving me an error telling me something about a malfunction of the disk. (have seen this in other threads)

Yup. Drive be dying.

-Should I try to rebuild and copy the preview again? (will it give me a better image? I think I know the answer but I am being hopeful)

You could but what if your dying drive dies during that. I would suggest seeing what you have in the transferred Preview, backing that up--music, movies, pictures, documents--the "stuff" that is what we is. That way if you run Preview again, and it does not work, you are not at square one with nothing.

What should I do next?
-Should I then install OSX again and do a archive and install?

From what you posted it seems that your HD is failing so even if you do that it may not work and/or it will eventually all go to crap. What you need to save is whatever you do not have a back up of.

Bootcamp I do not know what to do with that.

--J.D.