On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Dan wrote: > > Depends on the type of error. DW is more thorough, in that it repairs some > things that fsck ignores. > > To be honest tho.... when a volume is farked to the point that fsck didn't > repair it, my trust goes out the window. I don't care what munging DW is > able to do.... It's time to updated m'backup and re-initialize that volume - > lay down a whole NEW *guaranteed* *clean* file system.
What Dan said...the purpose of DiskWarrior is to get your system back up to the point you can recover your data. Get it off, nuke & pave. Keep a close eye on the drive, as well... 'soft' errors like directory corruption, etc are often portents of impending HDD hardware failure. In normal day to day use OSX should NOT REQUIRE disk repair or directory repair. If this happens, it should be a wake up call that something is seriously wrong, and you should be prepared to replace the hardware and restore known-good backups at any time. OSX does NOT NEED 'routine maintenance' with ANY sort of utility, other than using Onyx or some other such utility to do the scheduled log rotation scripts...and even there OS X now manages those much more rationally than it used to, in 10.6 (and possibly 10.5) they'll run at the next time the computer is started if it's off when they normally run. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
