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Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - loveshine - 09-02-2008
I went to the local Apple Store and was amazed that the gurus never heard of it.
DW has saved me on many occasions over the years and I never understood why Apple didn't include it in the OS.
Is it still da kind or has it's usefulness ended with better built-in file structure handling in the OS itself?
Or is there any other utility that is a must have for 10.5 ?
As a bit of background, I had drives that were dead that DW brought back to life plus it would always find and fix things that DiskUtility didn't even report.
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - Mike Sellers - 09-02-2008
Yep, I still use it on 10.5. Wouldn't be without it.
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - bfd - 09-02-2008
Sure, but it takes forever to get it from them. They carry it at the Apple Store. Who are these gurus you speak of that don't even know their own stock?
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - Jimmypoo - 09-02-2008
If an Apple "Genius" doesn't know what DW is, and they aren't carrying it on the shelves,
they have a different definition of "genius" than the rest of us.
Norton was SO BAD in 2003, that they included a copy of DW in the box, and specifically
said to use that FIRST. And then, if Norton did something wrong, use DW AGAIN.
This was standard, on the shelf software at MicroCenter when I was doing Holiday Apple Demo Days.
DiskWarrior & me?? I can't live without it. In fact, I have tachycardia when a newer
version comes out and I don't have it.
Waiting for Leopard specific version, despite reassurances about Tiger version on Leopard partitions....
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - jdc - 09-02-2008
ive never used it ever, nor had the need to use it
bought data rescue/drive genius bundle like 2 something years ago on sale "just in case" and have never even installed it
maybe OS 9 days i felt the need, but OS X is pretty much fire and forget
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - loveshine - 09-02-2008
lololol on your ekg
>Waiting for Leopard specific version, despite reassurances about Tiger version on Leopard partitions....
You mean current isn't Leopard specific?
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - PeterW - 09-02-2008
You can ignore that - the current 4.1 version is Leopard compatible.
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - anonymouse1 - 09-02-2008
Yes, but you can't run it from the DVD-ROM on the most recent models.
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - sekker - 09-02-2008
I just used it on my 10.5 machine, and I found it to be an excellent investment of my time that resulted in a machine that was visibly faster to use.
Not being able to boot off of a machine purchased in June of last year, however, is a bummer.
Re: Is DiskWarrior still worth getting for 10.5? - modelamac - 09-02-2008
Absolutely. A number of times it has saved me from having to re-install the OS because Disk Utility could not solve a problem. It also fixed a questionable HD so I could get data off it. The drive subsequently failed later on.