On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 10:49 PM, Amber wrote: > Okay...after spending the last couple of hours making back ups and > trying every possible thing I can think of to avoid having to > reinitialize my hard drive...it looks as if I have no other options. > > I just can't get the hard drive to mount and I guess I have to accept > that the hard drive may actually be failing as Applecare suggested. > > I just don't trust them that much as they told me last time to > reinitialize due to their claiming no other options were available and > yet DiskWarrior I later learned may have been able to help.
DiskWarrior may have helped last time.... and it may not have. One never knows. No utility you will ever buy (EVER) will replace good old fashioned backups. Speaking from personal experience, though... if Disk First Aid doesn't fix something, I only use NDD or DW to get a drive back up to the point that I can back up the data, reformat, and restore the data. I have never trusted a repaired drive to STAY repaired, I've had too many go south again a few weeks or months later. Of course, if I already have current backups, I skip disk utilities all together if DFA won't fix it, and just zero-out and restore. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
