Jon that may be true, but a few things to keep in mind. First it may not even be an Apple drive, it could be your external drive or even a Time Capsule drive. Additionally the utility can keep a file system in good order, so it does more than just recover the data and truthfully I try to hang onto machines that are beyond their warranty. I understand what your saying, but having the tools available to take care of any drive may be really a good idea. I've had drives I sure wish I had a utility like this to recover data from. :) On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> > I had to run Disk Warrior once on my childrens's e-mac computer. The > disk had enough errors that it took 3-4 days to recover data. There > were 100's of files (mostly system files) that it could not recover, > but I was able to reteive most of their documents. I then did a full > format and restored the system. If your computer is under > maintencnace and has not suffered from abuse, I would just let the > apple store give you a new hard disk. They can charge a small fee to > store all the information on the HD and migrate it to the new disk. > > Best regards, > > Jon > > On Jul 30, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> I imagine Apple will charge the same as the vendor online, $99.95. >> Ironically, I found a message someone had sent to another list about >> this product and it apparently is the real deal. So, I'm giving some >> thought to purchasing it myself. I've been very lucky in that I have >> not lost any drives and I do have backups, but there is always that >> one chance and with a kid, well, hell, anything is possible. >> On Jul 30, 2009, at 8:05 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >> >>> >>> Before you or anyone else does anything, make sure that you've >>> cloaned >>> your drive. Software wise, hsf is some what of a nightmair to >>> recover >>> files from so before any data recovery apps try and mess with >>> anything, its important that you have an at least partially working >>> copy of your hard drive stored somewhere. >>> >>> On 30/07/2009, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, thanks for all this. Smart status does in deed say varified. >>>> >>>> Do you remember off hand how much the apple store might charge me >>>> for >>>> disc warrier? I'm looking it up on the apple store online now, but >>>> if >>>> it's not expensive, say, under the $100 mark, I might just buy it >>>> from >>>> the apple store and let the geneus handle it. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> erik burggraaf >>>> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. >>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> On 30-Jul-09, at 5:33 PM, Esther wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Erik, >>>>> >>>>> One quick question: when you run Disk Utility what reading do you >>>>> get >>>>> when you select the hard drive above "Macintosh HD" on the >>>>> sidebar? >>>>> That is, when you VO-Up arrow to something that says (for example, >>>>> 232.9 GB Fujitsu etc.) Use item chooser menu to go to "selected >>>>> disk >>>>> image" and then VO-Right arrow and interact with the part that >>>>> begins >>>>> "Disk Description". There should be an announcement of >>>>> "S.M.A.R.T. >>>>> Status:" Does it say "verified" after that announcement? >>>>> >>>>> You can sometimes recover from this with Alsoft's "Disk Warrior" >>>>> but >>>>> there are accessibility issues running from the DVD, I think. If >>>>> it's >>>>> on a cloned disk you can run it on your home disk drive through >>>>> the >>>>> clone. If you have a local Apple Store nearby, they can probably >>>>> run >>>>> this as a diagnostic on your hard drive. They might be willing to >>>>> go >>>>> ahead and run it on your hard drive if you bought a copy of the >>>>> software from the store (though it's slightly cheaper from the web >>>>> download.) And you should probably have a new hard drive to copy >>>>> to >>>>> before things get seriously worse and unrecoverable. Disk Warrior >>>>> does >>>>> work to recover in instances such as you describe, although given >>>>> the >>>>> circumstances I would ask at my local Apple Store and try to have >>>>> them >>>>> run this. I'm sure that every Genius bar has a copy of this. >>>>> They >>>>> can run the diagnosis for you even if they won't run the recovery. >>>>> You should know that there is a possibility of introducing >>>>> problems in >>>>> doing the recover mode, but in most instances it just works, and >>>>> the >>>>> problems are minimal. In that case, if your disk has really gone >>>>> south the amount of work you'd have to do to get the problem areas >>>>> fully recovered without these glitches is quite major, and >>>>> probably >>>>> beyond your scope. Disk Warrior does work very well, although I >>>>> haven't had to use it for quite a while -- since first upgrading >>>>> to >>>>> Leopard. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> erik burggraaf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi friends. I think something is rong with my apple hardware. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3 or four weeks ago I started having checksums fail when I >>>>>> coppied >>>>>> things across the network from my old turion notebook to the >>>>>> macbook >>>>>> here. >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought it might be the disc on the other machine failing. It >>>>>> is 4 >>>>>> or 5 years old now after all. But I've also noticed I can't run >>>>>> digital voices like alex or ryan any more. The system doesn't >>>>>> stand >>>>>> for it. Even when I'm using fred or bruce vo restarts often, >>>>>> programs >>>>>> hang, and some times the whole system seems to go dead for a >>>>>> minute, >>>>>> the dvd drive resets, and then the system comes back to life as >>>>>> if >>>>>> nothing had happened. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yesterday I loaded up my windows vm here and tried to mac catalog >>>>>> my >>>>>> music folder and the wimdows system told me some fo the files >>>>>> couldn't >>>>>> be read. I repaired the permissions on my drive, but I checked >>>>>> the >>>>>> log thuroughly and nothing in my home folder had corupt >>>>>> permissions. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did a verify disc on the hard drive and everything came back >>>>>> OK, >>>>>> even though I sorely suspect that not to be the case. So, I >>>>>> loaded >>>>>> up >>>>>> off the cd and tried the varify, and it still says everything is >>>>>> OK. >>>>>> I suspect though that the hitacci hard drive in my macbook pro is >>>>>> failing. Is there any recorse for me somewhere in between disc >>>>>> utility from the install cd and dropping my macbook off at the >>>>>> apple >>>>>> store for a couple of days? A hitacci diagnostic that runs on >>>>>> mac >>>>>> OS10 for example, or another more thurough apple friendly third >>>>>> party >>>>>> diagnostic? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>>> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. >>>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind regards, BEN. >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> msn: [email protected] >>> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
