Alan I've sent you an email offlist Let me know if you want me to send the DiskWarrior.app v 4.4 to you please.
Ronni > On 24 Nov 2014, at 2:28 pm, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > Your instructions are for Installing the DiskWarrior received via download > purchase. They do not seem to apply to me. But I did follow the steps re > trashing and restarting, with no benefit. > > Alsoft sell a new DiskWarrior for $100 or an “Upgrade” for $50. I understand > the software can be downloaded and with a CD/DVD mailed out with a 3-4 weeks > wait. I did not purchase either of these marketing variants. > > Alsoft also provide a free Update with no hard CD provided. Serial number of > the original version must be (and was) provided. A 2.5MB .dmg file was > downloaded to my “downloads” folder. I assumed the Update version is just > the same as the Upgrade, but without a hard copy. > > I think Alsoft are playing games with semantics. “Update” must refer to DW > software, NOT to a different Apple OS. > > The fine print in the Read Me file may explain it: > > The DiskWarrior 4.4 Disc Update > > Please Read This First > > This free updater application allows you to create a new startup disk > (CD/DVD) with the latest version of DiskWarrior using your original (factory) > DiskWarrior 4.0 to 4.3 disc. You can use your updated disc just as you used > your original disc to start up your Mac. > > Please note that your new DiskWarrior disc will contain the latest version of > DiskWarrior, but will still contain the same version of Mac OS X as your > original DiskWarrior disc. Alsoft cannot update the version of Mac OS X on > your disc with this updater application. This means that the disc created by > this updater will not be able to start up any Macs that your original > DiskWarrior disc is unable to start up. If you have purchased a new Mac that > requires a later version of Mac OS X than the copy of Mac OS X on your > original DiskWarrior disc, you'll need to purchase an update disc from Alsoft. > > What if I have a new Macintosh that my current DiskWarrior 4 disc will not > start? > > You should order a new DiskWarrior disc containing a later version of Mac OS > X. You can contact our Customer Service department by calling 1-800-257-6381 > or 281-353-4090. > > In any case, I think the Update has failed - at least it should have updated > the DW software for the old Snow Leopard utility. > > Cheers > Alan > > On 24 Nov 2014, at 12:50 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> Did you drag the DW 4.3 Application from Utilities into the Trash and empty >> the trash & restart your Mac before trying to install v.4.4? >> >> Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase: >> >> 1) Open the 'DiskWarrior.dmg' file you received via download. This will >> cause the disk image named 'DiskWarrior' to appear on your desktop. >> >> 2) Drag to the trash any existing copy of DiskWarrior you have installed. >> You may need to restart in order to empty the trash. >> >> 3) Select the DiskWarrior icon (the icon is a drive with a knight's helmet) >> found in the upper left corner of the disk image window and drag it to your >> hard disk. Alsoft recommends that DiskWarrior reside in the Utilities folder >> within the Applications folder. >> >> 4) To run DiskWarrior from your hard disk, simply double-click the >> DiskWarrior icon. >> In order to run DiskWarrior, you must be started from Mac OS X 10.3.9 or >> later. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >> >> >>> On 24 Nov 2014, at 12:04 pm, Alan Smith <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Any Disk Warrior users in Wamug? >>> >>> I have Disk Warrior 4.3 on disk and as a soft copy on a good iMac in >>> Utilities. The internal HD on my 2009 iMac is faulty. I intended to do a >>> disk repair with Disk Warrior using Firewire and Target Mode. Both Macs >>> have Mavericks 10.9.5 installed. I downloaded the update for DW ver 4.4 >>> but cannot install it. >>> >>> I attempted to use DW 4.3 but received the message “Directory cannot be >>> rebuilt. Disk is a newer version than Disk Warrior”. Not unexpected, so >>> back to trying to get 4.4 working. >>> >>> The general message on opening the .dmg file states: To install update need >>> - >>> (1) original DW disk >>> (2) admin privileges >>> (3) 3.5 GB disk space >>> (4) a blank CD-R or DVD-R. >>> >>> I opted to “continue” and the install process got to accepting licence >>> agreement then the message “No recordable devices were found. You may >>> connect one via Firewire or USB and press Rescan, or quit." >>> >>> I inserted a 16GB thumb drive but no change to the messages. I reformatted >>> thumb drive to Mac OS extended (journaled) and with GUID partition table. >>> Still no progress. Tried again with DW 4.3 copied to the USB drive. Still >>> no progress. Bought a new 1TB USB 3 hard drive and formatted it as above. >>> Still no progress. >>> >>> Found that information on the Alsoft (DW) website is confusing and the FAQs >>> are Dorothy Dixers. >>> >>> The Update page includes the following information: >>> "Uses your original 4.0-4.3 disc to create a new startup disc containing >>> DiskWarrior 4 version 4.4. The new disc will only start up the same Mac >>> models as the original disc.” The last sentence is alarming. Does it >>> mean Mac OS version? >>> >>> Any advice on how to install the update? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Smith >>> Late 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.9.5 >>> Mavericks >>> Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.9.5 >>> Mavericks >>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- 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>
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