DiskWarrior 2.1 with 2.1.1 update
An essential disk utility that repairs your hard drive directory or Catalog B-Tree better than Disk First Aid.
DL #1: DiskWarrior 2.1 plus version 2.1.1 update installer enclosed in mountable Disk Copy 6 ".img" file "diskwarrior-211-install.img".
Mounting the image file requires Disk Copy 6.2 or later on Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier, or Disk Utility on Mac OS X.
MD5 checksum & filename: 5ccdd6fd09ef48a226782ae93656dd63 *diskwarrior-211-install.sit
Although DiskWarrior v2x can run in Classic mode on OS X, for effective use, this software requires running under a native Mac OS, versions 7.1 through 9.2.2 - i.e.; a Mac capable of booting from a classic Mac OS.
CompatibilityArchitecture: 68k PPC
Requirements (excerpt from PDF documentation enclosed in the ".img" file):
To rebuild the directory on a Mac OS Standard (HFS) disk, DiskWarrior requires a 68020, 68030, 68040, or PowerPC based Mac OS computer running Mac OS 7.1 through Mac OS 9.x. To rebuild the directory on a Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disk, DiskWarrior requires a 68040 or PowerPC based Mac OS computer running Mac OS 8.1 through Mac OS 9.x. If you plan to rebuild the directory on your startup disk, you need another disk from which you can startup (such as the DiskWarrior CD or a Mac OS system CD. The disk to be rebuilt must be locally connected, must not be write protected, and must have a valid partition map and driver.
To build a graph for the directory of a disk, all of the following must be true.
- The disk must appear on the desktop.
- The disk must be an HFS (Mac OS Standard) or HFS Plus disk (Mac OS Extended).
- The disk must be locally attached.
- There must not be any detected hardware problems with the disk.
- If the disk is an HFS Plus (Mac OS Extended) disk, you must be running Mac OS 8.1 through Mac OS 9.x.
- Note: DiskWarrior cannot graph or rebuild a shared disk. Since all disks in Mac OS X’s Classic environment are shared with Mac OS X and DiskWarrior is a Classic application, you will not be able to rebuild disks while running under Mac OS X. You will need to restart under Mac OS 9.x in order to rebuild Mac OS X Extended disks with DiskWarrior. In order to load the DiskWarrior Extension and use the DiskShield technology incorporated within it, you must be running Mac OS 8.1 through Mac OS 9.x. The DiskWarrior Extension will load in Mac OS X’s Classic environment, but it will not protect any disks that are shared between Classic and Mac OS X.
Comments
Very interesting indeed.
I remember running OS 9.2.2 from an image mounted at startup, so it was 'mounted', to then run the classic environment on Tiger. I wonder what would happen to OS 9 and if DiskWarrior 2.1.1 would even work on it being it was a mounted image and not installed directly on the Tiger drive?
For anyone running this in SSW7 ~ Mac OS 9 with Tiger/Leopard installed in one of your disks, be careful:
I'm not sure how wrong things could go, or if nothing would go wrong and the program gracefully quits, but if not, the possibility of data corruption due to this program is very much not funny.
What I find really appalling here is that the price of $99 is the going price for their current version 4.
In effect they are saying is: "Even though we haven't developed nor supported this outdated software in years, and during it's day it cost $69 not $99, we are going to charge you for inflation, even though this product has been off the market for many years."
Can you tell how annoyed I am?
But you can buy a Windows 7 laptop with free Norton for another $40. With free shipping.
And after you tell them that you refuse to pay the $99 and ask to speak with a supervisor, they put you on hold and come back with "We'll ship if for free so the price will be $89."
:jawdrop:
:eek:
:nothanks:
@TataMisia:
Available v.4 only. For Mac OS X 10.3.9 minimum
Yup. It's still available. I called. They want $99. LOL
Thanks xy. Much appreciated!
The best way to use DiskWarrior and PlusOptimizer is to copy both of them on a stick, boot your system from a CD, launch DiskWarrior/PlusOptimizer from the stick, and optimize your HD.
If you try to start DiskWarrior from your HD it will refuse to optimize your HD. PlusOptimizer you can start from your HD but then optimization is not perfect.
However, you should nevertheless install DiskWarrior also onto your HD if you use automatic disk protection.
If anything goes in the Classic environment of Mac OS X I can't tell.
Hmm, directions... help. Can't seem to get this running on my PPC.
[EDIT] Edit for bump. Still can't get this running... please help. Thanks!
I had trouble upgrading my freshly installed OS 9, because of error -127. Disk First Aid couldn't help, so I ran Disk Warrior who fixed the problem nice & easy. Awesome program.
Oh ... beware of Norton, it destroyed my data in the past
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Disk Warrior is a lot better, and can fix problems no other utility can.
I became aware of DiskWarrior after having an issue with a folder on my desktop. I dragged it to the Trash and deleted it, but after reboot, the folder and its contents were back. I ran Norton Disk Doctor a thousand times and nothing! Somebody on the Internet told me that was a disk catalog problem--something Norton Disk Doctor couldn't fix--and that the only solution was DiskWarrior. It was. Since then I always run this little gem before running any other disk repair utility and I recommend you to do the same.