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lost+found != corrupted disk!
Authored by: a1291762 on Aug 02, '04 08:53:08PM

Having files in the lost+found directory does not mean you have a corrupted hard disk. It means that the *filesystem* was corrupted. I've seen really bad filesystem corruption caused by sharing NFS and having a client hang. The hard disk was and still is fine.

Just because Mac OS X has journalling does not mean you won't have "lost" files. These will end up in the lost+found directory. DiskWarrior and the like will also find these files.

Sure, a physically damaged drive will get filesystem corruption but a corrupt filesystem does not mean you have a damaged drive.



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