on 11/9/2002 3:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If you have both DiskWarrior AND Norton, it is highly advisable to run >DiskWarrior FIRST before one runs Norton. DiskWarrior is a much safer >application and will not make things worse, as can Norton under certain >circumstances. DW creates a brand NEW disk directory file from scratch, >and only after successfully doing this, makes it operative and upon your >specific "OK". Norton, on the other hand, tries to repair one's EXISTING >disk directory file, and if it is unsuccessful, then one is left with a >directory file that may then be totally unrepairable and forcing an >re-initializing of the hard drive. If DiskWarrior fixes your directory >file first, then Norton can run without worrying about your crucial >directory file being inadvertently trashed.
Not to disagree with your logical order of repair utility use... I've always thought one was supposed to use Disk First Aid first, and since the version for 8.6 won't run when the computer is booted from OS 9 (Disk Warrior CD) I've always booted from Norton 4.0, run Disk First Aid (on repair), then Norton (while I'm in the neighborhood) then rebooted to the Disk Warrior CD and run that. I've never been in a position to have to reinitialize my hard drive. On this machine (6400/180, Sonnet G3/400, OS 8.6, 136 MB RAM, VM @ 137) that has worked well. David David Niethamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
