On 17/04/2013, at 5:03 PM, Ken Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks, > has anyone tried this? > Would anyone recommend it? > > DISK TOOLS PRO > I have Disk Tools Pro. I think I received it as part of some software bundle at one time. Fortunately I have never had to use it in anger, so I can't testify to its effectiveness. Like all software of this type, I would not regard it as maintenance software, rather than a tool to have around in case of emergency. Writing information back to a hard drive always carries risks, and software such as this always has the potential to make a bad problem worse. Knowing this makes such software difficult to road test. Sure, you can test it on a non-essential drive, but if it comes back with no errors you are none the wiser. If it does come back with errors, it's probably time to back up that data and replace the drive. The other problem is that hard drives have so much capacity these days that they are quite likely to have bad sectors, etc, out of the box. Any attempt to repair these is usually futile. Modern OSes are designed to deal with these as a routine matter, so unless they are demonstrably causing problems they can generally be safely ignored. By all means it is probably a good idea to have a tool such as Disk Tools Pro, or any of its cousins such as Tech Tool Pro, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, etc. They all have different tools and purposes, but ultimately they are all designed to rescue you from a disaster. The best defence remains a good backup strategy. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
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