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JeanYves Ahern
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p.1 #1 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

Hi there,
this is concerning my 500GB external disk.
I hope I'm not off-topic, and I really need your help.

My 500GB containing 3 years of photos disk is damaged.

I've heard about Alsoft DiskWarrior 4.

do you know it and is it a good program to repair and recover files and folders?

thanks
jean-yves

Dec 15, 2009 at 01:18 PM

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p.1 #2 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

it depends. it depends on exactly how the disk is 'damaged' but DW4 is VERY GOOD and a worthwhile tool to have in any event. It can fix many a disk that the Mac Disk Utility cannot.

Whether it will fix yours, no one can say for sure until you try.

This is the point where someone chimes in and says 'you should have been keeping multiple backups of the disk since disk is so cheap'.

Dec 15, 2009 at 01:35 PM

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p.1 #3 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

or invested in a redundant HD system like a Drobo. cheap insurance in the long run and fully automated

Dec 15, 2009 at 01:41 PM

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p.1 #4 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

DiskWarrior is great. But be aware, it may take a LONG time to repair the disk. One it does, make a backup.

Dec 15, 2009 at 05:04 PM

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p.1 #5 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

thanks to all of you guys.
I've found a place where they will make the recover.
And I bought the 2 X 1 TO external diaks for future back-ups.

jean-yves

Dec 15, 2009 at 08:52 PM

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p.1 #6 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

wlescall wrote:
DiskWarrior is great. But be aware, it may take a LONG time to repair the disk. One it does, make a backup.

yes i've been told its long and I don't mind.

I will certainly buy it just in case...

thanks again

jy

Dec 15, 2009 at 08:53 PM

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p.1 #7 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

OK, first thing:

Do NOT run Disk Warrior or any other software, until you've made an exact 1 to 1 clone of the damaged drive onto a new drive. Then work on that clone.

If your efforts fail, and you worked on the original drive, you chance of having Drive savers or other service retrieve your files drops like an anchor.

Second: Disk Warrior is good, but it mostly deals with the directory. While that is probably your problem, it may not be. I suggest you also get tech Tool Pro.

Run both.

-On the cloned drive.

Good luck.

Dec 16, 2009 at 07:11 AM

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p.1 #8 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

thanks cable!

Dec 16, 2009 at 06:02 PM

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p.1 #9 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

Chiming in, I had a problem with my Drobo today. It was randomly rebooting itself and transfers were VERY SLOW! I checked the Data Robotics knowledgebase and they recommended using Disk Utility (Mac OS X 10.6.2) to check for disk corruption. I've owned Diskwarrior for years and swear by it. But, I tried their way first. After an hour of watching Disk Utility struggle, I rebooted everything and put Diskwarrior 4.2 on the task. In 40 minutes, it had found damage in the directory, rebuilt, and replaced the damaged volume map and directory on the Drobo. Diskwarrior used to be somewhat slow, but, as of version 4.2 it is pretty fast.

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM

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p.1 #10 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

thanks donmega!

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:08 PM

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p.1 #11 · Alsoft DiskWarrior 4

someone at work finally did the recover.
I got all my folders, all my files in the same directory I've done.

i'm so glad...

and i bought 2 X 1TO hard disk for the back-ups to come.

jean-yves

Dec 21, 2009 at 05:27 PM


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