![]() If you have a Mac that can boot directly into OS 9 (not Classic Mode), the old Classic DiskWarrior 2 worked fine on OS X volumes up to OS 10.3.9. In the best Macintosh tradition, Disk Warrior “just works” through a user-friendly and easy to understand graphical user interface. It then fixes any issues detected with the master and alternate master directory blocks, volume headers (HFS Plus), volume bitmaps, catalog trees and extents trees. DiskWarrior rebuilds the directory, fixing errors, eliminating any problems errors have caused, and recovers lost files. ![]() Unlike certain other disk utility applications, DiskWarrior does not attempt to patch detected errors in the disk directory database, but rather uses a powerful scavenger engine to retrieve data from the existing directory, determine whether it is reliable or not, and then create a fresh new directory from all reliable data found. However, for disk problems, if I could only choose one, it would be DiskWarrior. Tech Tool Plus includes hardware diagnostics in its bag of tricks. Drive Genius, for instance, does disk diagnostics and repair, as well as a whole raft of other things including the fragmentation, cloning, and even partition creation or resizing without erasing the drive contents. fits all” answer it depends on what your needs are. I am often asked which is the best disk utility for the Mac. The latest version of DiskWarrior is 3.0.3, which has been updated to address some new issues that emerge with the release of OS X 10.4 Tiger. I have never read or heard a bad review of DiskWarrior, and the software has won a gaggle of awards, including the 1999 Apple Design Award for “Most Innovative Product,” the 19 MacUser award for “Best Utility/Enabling Software,” the 1999 MacWorld Editors Choice Award (Eddy Awards) for Utility Software, the MacToday 1998 Editors Choice Award for “Outstanding Disk Rescue Product,” and the MacHome 8th Annual Home Choice Award for “Best Utility.” Elegant in its simplicity, DiskWarrior was designed to do essentially one task, and to do it superbly well - repair disk directory damage cleanly, efficiently, and effectively, (although the program can also be configured to check hard drives for media and or mechanical malfunction as well). Is your ‘Book ailing? Apple computers and the Mac OS are pretty reliable, but once in a while even Macs can have problems, and when the issue is disk-related, the tool I turn to first (and usually last) is Alsoft’s superb disk diagnostic, maintenance, and repair utility, DiskWarrior.ĭiskWarrior made its debut back in 1998, and it was a winner from the get-go. PowerBook Mystique Review: AlSoft DiskWarrior 3.0.3 - Mac Disk Diagnostic, Maintenance, And Repair Tool - Plus PowerBook Mystique Mailbag Home > Columns > Charles Moore The PowerBook Mystique
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