Alsoft DiskWarrior - 4.0 Instruction Manual
Welcome to DiskWarrior
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Welcome to DiskWarrior
Alsoft, the Utility Company
At Alsoft, we have been writing software for Mac OS computers since 1984. We are a Macintosh
only software company whose expertise is in providing powerful, useful and safe utilities that
enhance the user experience while maintaining the ease-of-use Macintosh owners have come to
expect. Some of these utilities include DiskExpress®, MasterJuggler®, PlusMaker™, and
PlusOptimizer™.
only software company whose expertise is in providing powerful, useful and safe utilities that
enhance the user experience while maintaining the ease-of-use Macintosh owners have come to
expect. Some of these utilities include DiskExpress®, MasterJuggler®, PlusMaker™, and
PlusOptimizer™.
When we introduced DiskExpress in 1986, it was the first and only disk optimizer for the
Macintosh. Our MasterJuggler Pro is the most comprehensive font management utility package
on the market today. With the release of Mac OS 8.1 in January 1998, Apple introduced their new
disk format for Mac OS computers, known as Mac OS Extended format or HFS Plus.
Simultaneously, Alsoft introduced PlusMaker to let you effortlessly convert your older HFS disks
to the new format. Later that year when Alsoft shipped PlusOptimizer, it was the first disk
optimizer compatible with Mac OS 8.1 and HFS Plus. You can expect to find the safest and most
powerful disk directory damage elimination utility for Mac OS computers only from Alsoft.
DiskWarrior has won more awards than any other disk utility and is recommended as the first
choice of Mac experts everywhere.
Macintosh. Our MasterJuggler Pro is the most comprehensive font management utility package
on the market today. With the release of Mac OS 8.1 in January 1998, Apple introduced their new
disk format for Mac OS computers, known as Mac OS Extended format or HFS Plus.
Simultaneously, Alsoft introduced PlusMaker to let you effortlessly convert your older HFS disks
to the new format. Later that year when Alsoft shipped PlusOptimizer, it was the first disk
optimizer compatible with Mac OS 8.1 and HFS Plus. You can expect to find the safest and most
powerful disk directory damage elimination utility for Mac OS computers only from Alsoft.
DiskWarrior has won more awards than any other disk utility and is recommended as the first
choice of Mac experts everywhere.
What Is DiskWarrior?
DiskWarrior is a utility designed from the ground up with a totally different approach to resolving
directory damage. DiskWarrior resolves disk damage by rebuilding your disk directory using
data recovered from the original directory, thereby recovering files and folders that you thought
were lost. The directories DiskWarrior creates are also optimized for maximum directory
performance.
directory damage. DiskWarrior resolves disk damage by rebuilding your disk directory using
data recovered from the original directory, thereby recovering files and folders that you thought
were lost. The directories DiskWarrior creates are also optimized for maximum directory
performance.
DiskWarrior is not a disk repair program in the conventional sense. It does not attempt to solve
all of the possible problems that can occur with a disk. It specializes in eliminating directory
errors -- the most common problems Mac OS users have with their disks. DiskWarrior rebuilds
your disk directories making them error-free, eliminating any problems the errors would have
caused, and recovering lost files. It fixes any problem with master directory blocks and alternate
master directory blocks (HFS), volume headers and alternate volume headers (HFS Plus),
volume bit maps, catalog trees, and extents trees.
all of the possible problems that can occur with a disk. It specializes in eliminating directory
errors -- the most common problems Mac OS users have with their disks. DiskWarrior rebuilds
your disk directories making them error-free, eliminating any problems the errors would have
caused, and recovering lost files. It fixes any problem with master directory blocks and alternate
master directory blocks (HFS), volume headers and alternate volume headers (HFS Plus),
volume bit maps, catalog trees, and extents trees.