Alsoft DiskWarrior - 4.0 Instruction Manual

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Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 10 When Should I Rebuild My Directory with DiskWarrior? Obviously, you should run DiskWarrior when y

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 11 Why Alsoft DiskWarrior Is the Only Answer When you use DiskWarrior to rebuild your directory, it

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 12 inspect in Preview.DiskWarrior’s patented Preview feature lets you examine your disk as it will a

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 13 DiskWarrior can be used to activate internal diagnostics that are built into disk devices to help

Basic Terms You Need To Know Chapter 1: Introduction 14 Basic Terms You Need To Know This section explains some terms and concepts used throughout

Basic Terms You Need To Know Chapter 1: Introduction 15 Disk A disk is the medium on which information is stored. There are many types of disks inc

Basic Terms You Need To Know Chapter 1: Introduction 16 Partition Apple’s Disk Utility application allows you to divide a disk into parts with appe

Basic Terms You Need To Know Chapter 1: Introduction 17 Wrapper Volume An HFS Plus volume may be contained within an HFS volume (wrapper volume) in

Chapter 2Using DiskWarrior

Installation of DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 19 Installation of DiskWarrior Requirements DiskWarrior supports any Mac OS Standard (HFS) o

ii Copyright This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual or the so

Installation of DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 20 Be sure to register your purchase If you received DiskWarrior on a Disc, then you should

Installation of DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 21 installing DiskWarrior. Installing from the DiskWarrior Disc: 1) Insert the DiskWarrior D

Installation of DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 22 bypassing the normal Finder Desktop.To open an installed copy of DiskWarrior, double-clic

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 23 Running DiskWarrior Rebuilding Your HFS and HFS Plus Disks You will find DiskWarrior extremely eas

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 24 Note: To ensure that no files are open on your disk, start up from the DiskWarrior Disc. 3) Doubl

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 254) Select the disk to be rebuilt from the disks pop-up menuIf you have problems finding the disk who

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 26If the DiskWarrior Disc is the startup disk:• Clicking Preview will cause the DiskWarrior Preview W

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 279) If the DiskWarrior Disc is not the startup disk, make sure you close all files and folders and qu

Running DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 2813) If you have started your Mac OS computer from a disk besides your normal startup disk (such as

What to Look for During Preview Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 29What to Look for During PreviewWhen DiskWarrior presents the Preview disk, you have the

: iii DiskWarrior Credits DiskWarrior written by Al Dion Rusty Little Steve Clarner Brian Webster Manual written by Al Dion Stephanie Jones Rusty L

What to Look for During Preview Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 30that had an entry in an inaccessible portion of the directory. If any of the files or fo

What to Look for During Preview Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 31Warning: If you have copied files to a FireWire disk and did not eject the disk after co

What to Look for During Preview Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 32If you are still missing files while the Preview disk is mounted, you can use the Finder

Advanced Options Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 33Advanced OptionsSome new options have been added to DiskWarrior to help replace the directory of your

DiskWarrior Shortcuts - AppleScripting and Drag and Drop Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 34DiskWarrior Shortcuts - AppleScripting and Dragand DropNow tha

Strategies for Rebuilding with DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 35Strategies for Rebuilding with DiskWarriorCaution: If you suspect there is d

Strategies for Rebuilding with DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 36Other times you may be unable to startup your computer or login to your User

Strategies for Rebuilding with DiskWarrior Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 37other utility did not write over it. Refer to the Advanced Options on page 3

Graphing a Disk Directory Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 38Graphing a Disk DirectoryDiskWarrior allows you to create a graph that indicates the degree t

Graphing a Disk Directory Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 391 will now link to node 4 and node 4 will now link to node 2. This causes the nodes to be out

iv Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Welcome to DiskWarrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Graphing a Disk Directory Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 40Figure 2-6Optimizing defragments and removes unnecessary nodes.About DiskWarrior’s Directory

Graphing a Disk Directory Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 414) Click the Graph button.A progress dialog will appear and, after a brief delay, it will be

Graphing a Disk Directory Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 42Figure 2-7Graph of a typical hard disk before optimization.Figure 2-8Graph of the same disk a

Using DiskWarrior’s File Checking Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 43Using DiskWarrior’s File CheckingClick the Files icon in the DiskWarrior application

Using DiskWarrior’s File Checking Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 44box will cause this repair to happen. Repair Disk Permissions can only be performed o

Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 45Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware MonitoringClick the hardware icon in the DiskWarri

Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 46About DiskWarrior’s Hardware MonitoringDiskWarrior’s hardware monitoring capabi

Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 47Automatic DiagnosticsYou can also configure DiskWarrior to run the hardware moni

Using DiskWarrior’s Hardware Monitoring Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior 48Figure 2-10The E-mail Configuration WindowYou may have e-mail sent via either SM

Chapter 3Troubleshooting and Error Messages

v About DiskWarrior’s Directory Optimization Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Graphing a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Troubleshooting Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Error Messages 50TroubleshootingNote: Be sure to read the document “DiskWarrior Read Me”. Last minute

Troubleshooting Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Error Messages 51❏ Problem: My Mac OS computer “hangs” during the rebuild (pointer moves when the mous

Disk Status Messages Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Error Messages 52Disk Status MessagesThese messages appear in the main window and describe the st

Disk Status Messages Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Error Messages 53❏ Rebuilding was canceled.❏ Rebuilding was stopped because of an error (error nu

Chapter 1Introduction

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 7 Welcome to DiskWarrior Alsoft, the Utility Company At Alsoft, we have been writing software for Ma

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 8 This approach has a significant advantage that other utilities overlook. Other products attemptto r

Welcome to DiskWarrior Chapter 1: Introduction 9 not updated at all, that directory is considered damaged. This damage is normally limited to onlya