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trsdbrown · Jan 26, 2003, 11:12 AM

I have an iMac running 9.2.2 and a B&W G3 with OS 10 and 9.2.2. I want to purchase a drive utility (too late I might add but that is another story)

Any recommendations?

GK · Jan 26, 2003, 11:20 AM

Diskwarrior. The new version will come out in February. Also, stay away from Norton Utilities.

BTP · Jan 26, 2003, 02:21 PM

Diskwarrior.

Millennium · Jan 26, 2003, 02:45 PM

DiskWarrior. No question about it; nobody makes a better drive-repair utility.

However, you might want to consider also getting TechTool Pro as well; it doesn't do as good a job on discs but can run diagnostics on many other areas of your machine where DiskWarrior doesn't go.

CharlesS · Jan 26, 2003, 03:09 PM

For fixing problems with your disk, the best utility is DiskWarrior, hands down.

For testing RAM, drive mechanisms and other hardware, TechTool Pro is the only one that does the job at all.

Norton's Speed Disk component is good for defragging disks. Don't run its Norton Disk Doctor Kevorkian on the drive, though - I've had it kill more disks than it's fixed lately.

forkies · Jan 26, 2003, 10:15 PM

OMG, DISKWARRIOR! Drive 10 is ****.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Jan 26, 2003, 10:18 PM

Ya Diskwarrior for sure. It took Drive 10 4 hours to TRY to fix problems and failed. Disk warrior actually fixes them in 4 minutes.

Millennium · Jan 26, 2003, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Don't run its Norton Disk Doctor Kevorkian on the drive, though - I've had it kill more disks than it's fixed lately.

That is, hands down, the most brilliant play on a program's name that I've ever seen.

At least, the most brilliant deliberate one. Somewhere on these boards there's a very interesting typo for FWB's "Hard Disk Toolkit"

tooki · Jan 26, 2003, 10:39 PM

Is this an OS X question? Not in the slightest. Moving to Software.

tooki

P.S. Get DiskWarrior. It blows the other guys out of the water. And I totally agree with the Norton Dr. Kevorkian thing. It's been my experience, too. But wait till DiskWarrior for OS X comes out, which should be soon, because it's supposed to be a LOT faster!

TheIceMan · Jan 27, 2003, 12:31 AM

Diskwarrior.

CharlesS · Jan 27, 2003, 02:48 AM

Originally posted by Millennium:
That is, hands down, the most brilliant play on a program's name that I've ever seen.

Thanks! I'm somewhat proud of it myself.

At least, the most brilliant deliberate one. Somewhere on these boards there's a very interesting typo for FWB's "Hard Disk Toolkit"

Well, don't just leave us hanging here like that... what was it?

wingdo · Jan 27, 2003, 10:39 PM

DiskWarrior, no doubt.

craigthomas · Jan 29, 2003, 09:04 PM

DiskWarrior: only disk utility I trust. All Mac gurus live by it. Someone should email this thread to Alsoft as a testimonial for them.

I have heard that TechTool's new version has a partitioning feature (OS X only), that without reformatting will put a partition on your disk that acts as a bootable drive, so there's no need to boot. Can't varify, but seems interesting. Still, I can't trust anyone but DiskWorrior.

Tesseract · Jan 29, 2003, 09:43 PM

CharlesS:

Think a bit.

Hint: Hard

Toolkit

Mr. Blur · Jan 29, 2003, 11:37 PM

Originally posted by Tesseract:
CharlesS:

Think a bit.

Hint: Hard Toolkit

i think charles got it......but you didn't get it that he got it... (hint: leave us "hanging here...")