Catherine, I had this problem when I got my new MacBook Pro. I wrote an email to Alsop, and they said I needed a new version of diskwarrior which I had to buy online and was shipped from the States. It is some time ago now, but I seem to remember that Alsop were very helpful about how to use the new version with my old laptop (by putting it into target mode). I would suggest you contact Alsop.
On 8 March 2011 12:18, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sam - yes, am using the updated boot cd, but not from an external drive. > The reason I'm using Diskwarrior is because Disk Utilities says there are > problems with my hard drive, and that I need to use my installation CDs to > restart, then retry Disk Utilities - but the I can't find the installation > CDs anywhere. (Which is another problem, I need to deal with....) > > I do have my Snow Leopard disk, I think, so can I use that to install it > onto an external drive? > > (And if my installation CDs have disappeared completely, is it possible to > get new ones from Apple?) > > Best wishes > Catherine > > On 8 Mar 2011, at 11:53, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > > Hi Catherine > > > > Did you also update the boot cd? The new version works better from an > external hard drive if you've got one spare, it's easy to install osx on it > then diskwarrior. > > > > Regards > > > > Sam > > > > -- > > MacAmbulance > > Sam Mullen > > 07747778022 > > [email protected] > > > > On 8 Mar 2011, at 10:11, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dear All, I am currently trying to use Diskwarrior with my Macbook. I > have updated DW to DW 4.3 from the Alsop website, and am now ready to go. > However, it has been a long time since I last used DW, so I'm not sure that > I'm starting it up properly. > >> > >> I have just tried to restart my Macbook, whilst holding down the C key, > as in the instructions, and know that it can take up to 15 minutes. What is > happening is that I get a black screen, then a grey screen + start-up sound, > followed by the same black screen/grey screen/start-up sound, and it > continues in a loop. Is this normal? (I seem to remember just having the > grey screen in the past). > >> > >> Best wishes > >> Catherine > >> > >> Catherine Hunt > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >> To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
