Hey thanks Peter for such an in depth response. Yes it's a part of one of those bundled packages being offered. Yes I'm backed up but I may just buy the package to have it there just in case,
thanks again Peter, Ken On 18 April 2013 07:42, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- Ken Jackson [image: logo] Tel: 08 9376 1680 | Mobile: 0450 400 772 [email protected] | www.littleriverstudios.com.au Get a signature like this: <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=29&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_29> Click here!<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=29&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_29>
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