I was running qmail and leafnode on 10.2: between them, these two programs create and delete a huge number of tiny files. The problem is that Apple's fsck does not fix a bunch of problems that can occur with HFS+ (neither does Norton's Disk Doctor, for that matter).Īnyway, here's my story, that should explain why DiskWarrior is a Good Thing:
If you want to use fsck, then Disk Utility will do that just fine in a graphical manner. If your data is important to you, $80 is a small price to pay - even if you only need to use it once or twice! For the record, though, the SMART status on the failed partition yesterday never even squawked.ĭiskWarrior isn't cheap, and it doesn't do a ton of things. This feature lets you work in peace, knowing that if you're drive notices it's about to fail, you'll receive an email about the problem. In its maintenance mode, DW can be set to watch the SMART status (a self-health feature found on most new hard drives) of your drives, and send you an email when it sees an anomoly. In all cases, a new directory from DiskWarrior solved the problems and saved everything on the disk. I have a FW drive that I use to move large proejct files around, and it's probably died five or six times over the last year or so when moving it between the G5 and another Mac. DiskWarrior has also helped with the troublesome G5 / FireWire issues that some users, including myself, have had. The videospace partition then mounted fine in the Finder, and all was back to normal (and yes, I had a quite recent backup I might've lost about 8MB of sound files if I hadn't been able to recover the drive). A quick look showed that everything appeared fine, so I had DW write the new directory back to the source disk. I clicked DW's Rebuild button, and a few minutes later, I had a brand new disk directory to inspect. So then I launched DiskWarrior, which also saw the partition without any troubles. Needless to say, I still couldn't get it to mount. After a very short amount of time, it claimed that it (a) had found nothing wrong and (b) had fixed whatever wasn't wrong with the drive. I fired up Apple's Disk Utility, which could see the partition, and ran a Repair on it. Checking in the Terminal, there was definitely nothing mounted in /Volumes. A quick look in the Finder verified that my "videospace" partition had just vanished. only to find the iPhoto folder missing (I have my iPhoto library stored on a partition on the second SATA drive in my G5). Finding it somewhat odd, to say the least, I opened the Desktop and Screensavers panel to reactivate my images. This happened without an error message or a crash of any sort. I was working away when I noticed that my desktop picture changed from a selection of family images to the standard Aqua Blue JPEG. What finally drove me to select DiskWarrior this week was some odd activity on my G5 yesterday. If all goes well, you wind up with your disk functional again, and all of your data intact. DiskWarrior uses a special method to examine a 'crashed' drive, create a new master directory of the disk's contents, and then lets you examine the new directory before writing it to the drive. You only need it when you have a disk in trouble, but at those times, it can be a lifesaver. DiskWarrior is a drive recovery and (to some extent) preventative maintenance tool. It's one of those programs that I consider essential, yet it's (hopefully!) seldom used. Price: $79.95This Pick is long overdue I've owned and used various versions of DiskWarrior for a number of years.
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