Alsoft DiskWarrior - 2.0 Instruction Manual
Welcome to DiskWarrior
Chapter 1: Introduction
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differences found in the DiskWarrior Report. You'll know right away what files and folders are
affected by directory damage. You can use this information to see what items you need to test or
inspect in the preview (see below).
affected by directory damage. You can use this information to see what items you need to test or
inspect in the preview (see below).
DiskWarrior’s patent pending preview feature lets you examine your disk in the Finder as it will
appear after the directory is rebuilt, allowing you to test files, folders, and applications before
any directory changes are written to disk. You can use the results of the comparison shown in
the DiskWarrior Report to find out which files and folders you should inspect first because they
may have been affected by directory damage. This assures you that you will get the expected re-
sults before any changes are made permanent.
appear after the directory is rebuilt, allowing you to test files, folders, and applications before
any directory changes are written to disk. You can use the results of the comparison shown in
the DiskWarrior Report to find out which files and folders you should inspect first because they
may have been affected by directory damage. This assures you that you will get the expected re-
sults before any changes are made permanent.
Even though they are not part of the directory, DiskWarrior also will repair damaged boot blocks
and rebless the system folder if it is necessary to do so on your disk. This ensures that your disk
will properly start your Mac OS computer once the rebuilding is complete. DiskWarrior also
checks System and Finder files for damage, eliminates a common cause of system crashes by
checking custom icon files for corruption, and repairs the wrapper System file damage recently
disclosed by Apple, allowing Macs with these disks to start up.
and rebless the system folder if it is necessary to do so on your disk. This ensures that your disk
will properly start your Mac OS computer once the rebuilding is complete. DiskWarrior also
checks System and Finder files for damage, eliminates a common cause of system crashes by
checking custom icon files for corruption, and repairs the wrapper System file damage recently
disclosed by Apple, allowing Macs with these disks to start up.
We put the state-of-the-art technologies you expect from Alsoft in
DiskWarrior.
• Prevents disk damage with nonstop disk protection
• Verification of replacement directory ensures data integrity
• Comparison of original directory with replacement directory tells you what files and
• Verification of replacement directory ensures data integrity
• Comparison of original directory with replacement directory tells you what files and
folders may have been affected by directory damage
• Preview feature to view what the disk will look like after the directory is rebuilt, allowing
you to test files, folders, and applications before any directory changes are written to
disk
disk
• Repairs damaged boot blocks and blesses system folder to ensure that the computer will
start from the repaired disk
• Checks System and Finder files for damage
• Checks custom icon files for corruption, eliminating a common cause of system crashes
• Repairs problems with wrapper volume System files caused when HFS Plus disks are
• Checks custom icon files for corruption, eliminating a common cause of system crashes
• Repairs problems with wrapper volume System files caused when HFS Plus disks are
initialized under Mac OS 9 - 9.0.4
• Uses directory data to quickly rebuild the directory structure
• Eliminates risk of losing access to files – other disk “repair” utilities attempt to fix the
• Eliminates risk of losing access to files – other disk “repair” utilities attempt to fix the
directory by patching the directory structure and risk deleting sections of the directory
• Scavenges directory to find all salvageable file and folder data, even data contained in
damaged nodes