Alsoft DiskWarrior 4.0: Mac Univeral Binary WDD105

Discount Price: $93.88

Features:

• Uses directory data to quickly rebuild the directory structure. Eliminates risk of losing access to files ­ other disk repair utilities attempt to fix the directory structure and avoid deleting sections of the directory
• Scavenges directory to find all salvageable file and folder data, even data contained in damaged nodes
• Eliminates unseen directory errors, preventing minor directory errors from escalating into major problems
• Recovers lost files and folders
• Optimizes directory for maximum directory performance, speeding up overall disk performance

Customer Reviews:

TIGER=5 STARS / LEOPARD = 0 STARS AVG=2.5 [Posted on 2008-01-21]
When my Powerbook was running Apple's Tiger O/S, Disk Warrior was my best friend and rescued me from two near-fatal hardware issues. However, when I upgraded to Leopard and experienced issues from the gate, I figured Disk Warrior would remedy the situation. First off, it didn't and secondly, it made things worse. My permissions were so corrupt that I couldn't overwrite existing files. Adobe InDesign would crash repeatedly, Photoshop would not save any of the actions I created, my Address book wouldn't allow me to add or edit entries, Apple Keynote would not allow me to import images and Mail stopped remembering sender addresses for future autofill. I finally had to wipe my entire hard drive and clean install Leopard. Everything is running fine now.

Bottom line, DO NOT USE DISK WARRIOR 4 WITH LEOPARD UNTIL ALSOFT RELEASES AN UPDATE - even though their website claims that it will work if you boot from the CD (which is what I did)

DiskWarrior worked! [Posted on 2008-02-17]
My PowerMac G5 with OSX 10.3.9 suffered a complete failure in January 2008; won't even boot up to a gray apple. I had a backup of the G5 files from a few months ago, but I wanted to recover my recent files since this last backup. So I used Norton SystemWorks 3.0 to boot the G5 up from the CD, then scanned and fixed many errors on the hard disk, but the G5 still would not boot up from its hard disk. I then bought DiskWarrior 4.0 and used it to boot the G5 up from the CD and rebuilt the G5 directory. Voila! The G5 booted right up from its hard disk. Yahoo! I got my recent files back (and backed it up). From this one experience, I would recommend DiskWarrior to Mac users.

Slow, but does the job [Posted on 2008-05-09]
Disk Warrior operates meticulously but very slowly to recover damaged disk directories. It was able to rescue data from a crashed 120 Gb external hard drive of mine. Once I figured out the options, and gave it an overnight task (7 hours!) to do, it accomplished it very effectively.

It Saved Me! [Posted on 2008-05-12]
Not much to say other than DiskWarrior got my Mac back up and running where Apple's FirstAid couldn't.

If you have a hard drive failure, give DiskWarrior a shot. It might work and save you, too.

Disk Warrior Saved the Day! [Posted on 2008-05-14]
Disk Warrior helped me rescue what I needed from my Mac laptop before having the hard drive replaced. Nothing else worked. It saved the day!

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