I may be wrong; but looking through the user manual visions of the
original Norton Disk Doctor of the 80s' come to mind.
Regards,
Adrian
adrianske...@me.com
On 03/06/2009, at 7:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Severin,
Yes, that is correct. I have TTP5 installed on an External Firewire
Drive (& TechTool Protégé when Micromat release an update Protégé
Manager for TTP5), & also on my Internal Drive.
After you install TTP5 on your Internal Drive be sure to open the
Safety window and turn on and configure the Protection feature and
the S.M.A.R.T. test.
On the Internal Drive TTP5 is for Protection & Preventive
Maintenance ... on the External Drive TTP5 is for repairing.
That is how I understand to use TTP.
The "TTP5 User's Guide and Reference Manual" is an excellent Manual,
very thorough, I would suggest everyone use this Manual as it does
explain everything well. I'm normally not one for reading Manuals
but with Diagnostic Tools, that if used incorrectly can do damage to
my computers, I read the Manuals ;-)
In the Manual under Preventive Maintenance:
"One of the most valuable functions of TechTool Pro is its ability
to assist you in finding and repairing problems with your computer
before they get out of hand. For maximum protection, it is important
that TechTool Pro is actually installed on your system. TechTool Pro
includes automatic features that can regularly check your drive
hardware and backup volume directories. These features are
configurable from the TechTool Protection pane in the System
Preferences."
The below Link to Micromat "The Proper Way to Use TechTool Pro"
<http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=&func=view&catid=6&id=3267#3267
>
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7
On 02/06/2009, at 11:37 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Ronni
I have been following this correspondence. I have a spare
external drive partition with full 10.5.7 on it plus TT5, Disk
Warrior and a couple of other similar tools. From what you say, in
addition to this you have TT5 installed on your normal boot drive
with the Protection Features as you describe. Is my understanding
correct?
Regards
Severin
On 01/06/2009, at 3:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Susan,
Yes, as long as you have plenty of free space on the External
Drive, it will work. Putting TTP5 on its own partition is best.
It would be the same as my TTP4 on little TechTool Protégé, I just
boot from him and run TTP.
Have you set up TechTool Protection in system Prefs? I have all
the TechTool Protection features active (In System Prefs).
The SMART Check interval is 1 hour, Directory Backup is 4 hours,
Volume Usage checks every 5 mins, E-Mail Alerts "Send Email Alert
for Volume Usage warnings" & "Send Email alert for SMART Check
failures" are all activated.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
Ronni, Actually, in reply to my own question, I will partition my
little backup drive, put TechTool Pro 5 on one partition, and a
back up of my HD on the other. There's plenty of room. regards,
Susan.
On 01/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Susan,
Micromat recommend that you install the program on a bootable
external drive if possible.
When you run the program from the bootable DVD, virtual memory
cannot be used.
When the disk directory is replaced, all of it, plus part of Mac
OS X and TechTool Pro, must be able to be held in RAM.
Unless you have a lot of RAM, this is not likely to be possible.
Also, after you install TechTool Pro 5.x, open the TechTool
Protection system preferences pane and configure the features
found there.
I purchased TTP 5 when it was first released and found it would
not work on my TechTool Protégé (which I had TTP4 installed on,
plus Disk Warrior and other Diagnostic Tools).
Micromat have informed me that there will have to be a new
release of the Protégé Manager to support TechTool Pro 5.0.x.
I'm still waiting for them to update Protégé Manager, they do
not know when the new version of Protégé Manager will be
available.
So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-(
Cheers,
Ronni
On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
good, thanks Ronni
On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Susan,
Version 5.0.4 is the latest available.
Cheers,
Ronni
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