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Mac Says No Such Volume, What to do!

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There are different kinds of errors can occur in operating system. It is also applicable in case of Mac Operating System. Mac operating can also face errors like:

I/O System Errors File System Errors
Font Manager Errors Disk, Serial Ports, Clock Specific Errors
AppleTalk Errors Scrap Manager Errors
Storage Allocator Errors HFS Errors
Menu Manager Errors HFS File ID Errors
Color Quickdraw and Color Manager Errors Resource Manager Errors (other than I/O)
Resource Manager Errors (other than I/O) Sound Manager Errors

When these errors occur, our operating system does not work ideally. Error code -35 i.e. known as nsvErr. This error comes with the message No Such Volume or volume not found. Depending upon different versions of Mac operating system the message gets changed. In Classic message occur like “ No Such Volume Exists”. In this situation some steps are to be followed:

Method 1

  • Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
  • Choose the hard drive in left panel, then first aid and then Repair Permissions in the right panel. If everything gets on the right way then everything will be fine.

Method 2

  • You can try after the above is to reboot holding down the Command-S keys. Then a dark screen will appear with white leterring being added to it as the unix system fires up.
  • After the writing stops, type fsck –y-f and then hit the enter or return.
  • A line will appear that reads “the volume <volume name> appears to be OK”. If it does not appear then run the command again and again till you get the OK Message.
  • Finally Reboot the system

These steps are actually very technical and one small mistake can cause a big data loss. To prevent your Mac from this, use the Mac Data Recovery Software as it is best in solving all Mac Errors.