major error in hard drive

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I have a new mac pc 7months old. It has been acting up so I baught norton system works when I run it it says that I have a major error in the "volune header block" and I have to restart and run it from the cd. I do it the way they say and it comes up as no problems found. Whats up with that. So I ran it from the pc again and it says no problems found. Then the next day I have the major error again. How do I fix this? Please help. :(
 
Just a BIG suggestion here with a suspected hard drive problem:
1. Backup
2. Backup
3. Backup
4. Backup (Am I stressing this hard enough!)


Now, I try not to be critical of software utilities. However, from bad past experiences & other internet user complaints and suggestions, maybe your problem is not the hard drive but a Norton problem. This is just a guess on my part.

First thing is ask yourself if you have heard any strange noises coming from the drive or is it acting strangely. Second, ALWAYS keep a hot backup handy just for emergencies. Third, try Apple's disk utility to see what it says.

Here is IMHO the most reliable drive utility is called DiskWarrior. It will always set a screwed up system straight as an arrow.

Also, on the flip side, IMHO the best backup utility is called Carbon Copy Cloner.

Lastly, an OS X user should, on a regular basis, Repair Permissions using Apple's Disk Utility (Applications->Utilities-Disk Utility). After all, OS X is based on BSD Unix. doing this on a regular basis will prevent a lot of headaches along the upgrade way.

So, Good Luck on your problem.
 
Also, the easiest way to repair permissions on your machine just takes a quick trip to /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. Open up terminal and type
Code: 
sudo diskutil repairPermissions /
and enter an admin password when it asks for one and then just hide the terminal and check back in a half hour and it should be done. If it's not let it go -- it takes awhile.
 
I've gotten that with Norton numerous times. I will suggest NOT to use it on the X system, any partitions or drives that are NOT X, it will repair them fine. An occasional check with Disk Utility and a repair of the permission, i would recommend restarting from the X install Disc time to time and do these. Fsck-y at startup every so often helps as well.

Norton seems to do more damage to an X partition, i use it to check files, NOT the directories, it works well for that. I even optimize my partition every blue moon, which it doesn't, or has yet to cause any problem.

Just keep an eye on your system, weird things start to happen, it's time to take preventive measures, as mentioned, always back-up, then make any necessary repairs.
 
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