by Alsoft
Platform: Mac OS 9 and below
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DiskWarrior is the safest, the most technologically advanced, and the most powerful utility to prevent and eliminate directory damage available for any computer. DiskWarrior uses a different approach to disk directory repair than other programs. DiskWarrior is not a disk repair program in the conventional sense. Instead of patching the original directory, it uses a patent-pending technology to quickly build a new replacement directory using data recovered from the original directory, thereby recovering files and folders that you thought were lost and that no other program could recover.
How does DiskWarrior recover data no one else can? At Alsoft, we know that the most important thing when you are attempting to repair your disks is getting your data back. That's why the first thing DiskWarrior does is it scavenges your original directory to find all the file data it can. It then uses this data to build an entirely new replacement directory. DiskWarrior is the only product that finds all of your data. Its patent pending method always results in a perfectly rebuilt directory without any errors and that contains all of your file and folder data.
How does DiskWarrior safeguard data from hardware malfunction? Hardware failure presents a potential threat to your data. When a drive mechanism fails, the data on the drive can be lost, with an expensive data recovery service your only option to retrieve your data. DiskWarrior can be used to activate internal diagnostics that are built into disk devices to help determine if a drive is in danger of physical malfunction. If the potential for failure is indicated, DiskWarrior will notify you, giving you the opportunity to back up your data before the drive fails. These tests can be executed manually, or you can choose to have the tests run automatically every hour, day, or week. DiskWarrior also provides several notification options should the diagnostics report a problem.
Why do I need DiskWarrior? DiskWarrior is the only program where there is never a risk of losing directory data and thus never a risk of losing access to your files. DiskWarrior is also the only program that can prevent damage to your disks before it occurs.
Only DiskWarrior has all of these 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 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
- 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
- Monitors drive hardware for potential drive failure
- Verification of replacement directory ensures data integrity
- Comparison of original directory with replacement directory tells you which 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
- Repairs damaged boot blocks and blesses the system folder to ensure that the computer will start from the repaired disk
- 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 9.0 - 9.0.4
- Safely permits interruptions of any kind, including power outages
- Advanced "Verify Reads and Writes" technology protects your data
- Supports bad block sparing software
- Rebuilds directories on disks as large as 2,000 gigabytes (2 terabytes)
- Supports file journaling (Mac OS X 10.2.2 or later)