Hi Sam - I'm pretty sure I have worked out what I need to do. It just won't do it with Disk Warrior because those files are greyed out. But I've tried it with a couple of other applications and everything's fine. So I'm going to give up on DW for now, and may pay for their upgrade in the future.
In the meantime, thank you for all the help about installing OSX onto an external drive. It's been really helpful and I now feel quite confident starting up my mac from that drive :-) Best wishes Catherine On 9 Mar 2011, at 19:20, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Catherine > > Call me and I'll talk you through it! > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 9 Mar 2011, at 15:38, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm still failing to manage this, despite trying different permeations. I >> don't understand how I get DiskWarrior onto the external drive - I've tried >> dragging and I've tried Disk Utilities - Restore. >> >> Probably going to give up; soon, but just thought I'd try the forum one more >> time... >> >> Best wishes >> Catherine >> >> >> On 9 Mar 2011, at 10:51, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >> >>> If you are looking at the utilities folder, you're already in the >>> applications folder. Easiest way to find it is the go menu at the top of >>> the screen > applications. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> -- >>> MacAmbulance >>> Sam Mullen >>> 07747778022 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 9 Mar 2011, at 10:27, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> HI Sam - I haven't tried a PRAM reset, because I've had the following >>>> advice from Alsoft - >>>> >>>> They want me to Install DiskWarrior into >>>> my external drive's "Utilities" folder, (which is inside the "Applications" >>>> folder) and run DiskWarrior from there. >>>> >>>> So - (and this has been a steep learning curve) I have already partitioned >>>> my external drive using the Guid partition scheme, and have installed Snow >>>> Leopard on it. That all works fine. However, I cannot find the >>>> applications folder (although can see Utilities). >>>> >>>> It's probably really obvious... >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> Catherine >>>> On 8 Mar 2011, at 20:36, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Catherine >>>>> >>>>> Have you tried a PRAM reset? alt + cmd + P + R when booting, hold them >>>>> down until you hear the startup chime twice then let go. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Sam >>>>> MacAmbulance >>>>> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >>>>> >>>>> Sam Mullen >>>>> 07747 778022 >>>>> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >>>>> [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. > > > -- > 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.
