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Rectifying “file system dirty, run fsck” Error in Mac OS X

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Mac OS X is a powerful and reliable operating system, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It supports HFS (Hierarchical File System) series of the file systems. HFS is the first file system of this series.
Mac OS X is a powerful and reliable operating system, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It supports HFS (Hierarchical File System) series of the file systems. HFS is the first file system of this series. Then, it was replaced by its successor HFS+ (Extended HFS). HFS+ file system supports a number of advanced and enhanced features and journaling is one among them. Journaling helps the HFS file system to prevent system failure and need of Mac File Recovery, in case of improper system shutdown.

In Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Apple introduced another version of the HFS+ file system, known as HFSX. It supports case sensitivity in the names of files and directories. HFSX is quite different from its predecessor HFS+ file system, mainly in that way that HFSX volumes aren't surrounded by the HFS Wrapper file system as HFS+ volumes are.

File system is a significant component of your Mac OS X computer system. It needs to be intact for the file system for proper working of your system. In case if the file system gets some problems, due to improper system shutdown, hard reboot, and interrupted power supply, fsck enables you to detect and fix such issues.

In some cases, your Mac OS X system might fail to boot and render your data inaccessible with the below error message:

“file system dirty, run fsck”

Fsck is a command line utility, which runs automatically in such cases to detect and repair file system issues, if your system is inconsistent at start up. If the tool fails to fix the problem, data loss may occur and you need to fix the problem to Recover Mac File.

Resolution

Boot your system in Safe Mode.

If system fails to boot in Safe Mode, use Disk Utility to remove the file system issues.

When both of the methods fail, run fsck manually on the affected Mac hard drive.

When you can not fix the problem using any of the above solutions, use Mac Recovery Software to get your valuable data back. The applications work in most of the logical data loss situations and perform absolute recovery through high-end scanning techniques. With rich graphical user interface and non-destructive conduct, the Mac Data Recovery tools are completely easy and safe to use.

Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery is the most prominent utility for assured recovery of all your lost Mac data. The software works effectively with Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5, 10.4, and 10.3.9. It recovers lost data from HFS, HFS+, HFSX, HFS Wrapper, and FAT file system volumes.

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Maria Peter student of Mass Communication doing research on Mac File Recovery And Mac Recovery Software . He is also a freelancer for http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/.

Keywords : Mac Recovery Software, Recover mac file, Mac Data Recovery, Mac file recovery,

Category : Computers : Data Recovery

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