On 19/12/2005, at 9:07 AM, Philip Trouchet wrote:
Advice please, Now having a new G5 Dual DeskPC & latest Tiger OSX. My old (some back to OS8) utility disc's are no longer coping with numerous upgrades. Have to let Moths out of purse & upgrade.. What is currant Best ? Disc Warrior,Tech Tools etc. DiscUtilities & Onyx are coping but as a firm believer in Murphey's Law I would like to continue a routine mainainance program & I don't know enough about the various currant Options. Suggestions please!Tia & Ciao > P.
As far as I'm concerned, the situation is extremely muddy. Frankly, I have come to the conclusion that MacOS X's own routines are as good as anything on the 3rd party market. For example, I recently had the experience of having to repair a client's hard drive (which the computer could no longer see). MY first choice was Disk Warrior. DW saw the drive and claimed to have repaired it, but hadn't really. In the end, the only thing which worked was the disk repair function in Disk Utility.
To my knowledge, the drive is still working perfectly. I must say regarding Disk Warrior and Mac OS X, I have seen many more instances of failure (ie, effecting no improvement) than success. While it has never created more damage than was there to start with, it often fails to fix problems. Disk Utility will be my first line of defence from now on.
-- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
