subject: Input/output Errors Indicates Data Loss In Mac Os X [print this page] In your computer system, error messages indicate that something is going on wrong with your system, either in the logical parts of hard drive or in cave of the hard drive. Errors occur in every operating system, including Macintosh or Mac OS X. The Input/Output errors in Mac OS X operating system fall in this category and they cause data loss in some ways. Data loss is the most unexpected situation and require Mac Data Recovery using appropriate applications to be sorted out.
In a practical scenario, while booting your Mac system or while working on it, you might experience application crash, system slowdown, see spinning wheel and server file system errors. The I/O errors generally indicate that the hard drive is experiencing some difficulties in writing or reading data. When you check the file system in these cases, you might get below error message:
disk0s5: I/O error.
Invalid key length
(4, 3424)
** Volume check failed.
On the next boot of your system, you might come across I/O errors with -36 and -50 parameters. The tag -36 usually indicate some issues with the hard drive internal structure, while the tag -50 shows that you have just performed an illegal operation on the hard drive. In these cases, if you can not reboot the system, data loss occurs and Mac File Recovery is required to retrieve data.
Such issues might occur due to both hardware and software related reasons. They indicates that either any of the logical component of your hard drive is damaged or there is some physical problems with hard drive. You can try Disk Utility (disk repair tool in Mac OS X) to check hard drive errors and resolve them.
Hard drive formatting and operating system reinstallation can help you sort out such problems. It replaces all the damaged data structures with new one. This process has a downside. It removes all the data from hard drive and cause data loss. Such cases require Data Recovery Mac.
In case of logical damage, you can get your data back using third party applications, known as Mac Recovery Software. The tools are completely safe and easy to use. In the else case, you need to send your damaged hard drive to recovery experts who provide personalized service to retrieve lost data in all possible cases of damage.
Stellar Information Systems Limited offers both of these recovery solutions for effective and absolute recovery. Software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6, 10..5, 10.4 and 10.3.9. Service is performed in sage and sterile environment of Class 100 Clean Rooms using cutting-edge technologies.
