On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:02 PM, STEVE wrote:
I'm late to OS X, and would like to know what the
equivalent utilities are for maintaining your hard drives---
especially since
Jaguar is as problematic as I'd thought it would be on my machine, and
Apple's disk utility program just goes through the motions when
repairing
bad nodes.
Get a new hard drive, or reformat and re-install.
OS X is NOT problematic on good disks.
I don't do any HDD maintenance (beyond keeping backups) on any of my
OS X systems and haven't had any problems for years. Disk drives
shouldn't require 'maintenance'. Any drive that rewuires 'regular
maintenance' is a symptom of something wrong, not the cause. (note:
all you folks who swear by Nortons...most of your problems were
caused by Nortons.)
That said, if you have a problem, DiskWarrior is a must-have tool in
the toolbox. What Disk First Aid and DiskWarrior don't fix, reformat,
re-install and restore from backups does.
Also ALWAYS run your systems on a good, functioning UPS. I swear by
APC units at home and at work. Always shut down your system
gracefully, don't just flip the switch on the power strip.
--
Bruce Johnson
This is the sig who says 'Ni!'
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