(G-Books) wrote on 3/20/03 3:30 PM: > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:54:56 -0600 > Subject: Re: Disk Utility? > From: Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 01:47 PM, James wrote: > >> I have never used Disk Utility. What does it do? How do I use it? Is >> it >> very important for the health of my Pismo? > > disk utility is the OS X equivalent of Disk First Aid.
But Disk First Aid (in the classic OS) is only one part of what disk utility provides in OS X. Aside from running first aid from Disk Utility, you can also partition and/or format drives, get info about drives, set up a raid... It's more like a combo of Disk First Aid, Drive Setup, and a little bit of Apple System Profiler, all from OS 9. However, I don't know how much first aid in OS X will do for your machine's health. I have had success with Tech Tool for fixing some minor problems recently, but that's it. I had to force restart my pismo the other day (lockup), and I was thinking about how in OS 9 this would always bring up an automatic run of disk first aid. I suppose this is not necessary now that we have X. ? -Tate -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
