Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-29 Thread James Rohde
On 11/29/03 2:30 PM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: > >At 0:04 -0600 29/11/03, James Rohde wrote: >>Plus Optimizer isn't available yet in a version compatible with X (only >>DiskWarrior is). > >I've used Drive 10 to optimise OS X drives. I mentioned Plus Optimizer because the original poster had asked

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-29 Thread Illovox Media
on 11/29/03 3:47 PM, Gary Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, PlusMaker is for converting from HFS to HFS+, whereas > PlusOptimizer is for Optimizing. > > Gary oops. correct. my bad -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sma

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-29 Thread Gary Adams
Actually, PlusMaker is for converting from HFS to HFS+, whereas PlusOptimizer is for Optimizing. Gary On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 05:17 PM, Illovox Media wrote: on 11/29/03 1:42 PM, Roger Shufflebottom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 0:04 -0600 29/11/03, James Rohde wrote: Plus Optimize

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-29 Thread Illovox Media
on 11/29/03 1:42 PM, Roger Shufflebottom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 0:04 -0600 29/11/03, James Rohde wrote: >> Plus Optimizer isn't available yet in a version compatible with X (only >> DiskWarrior is). > > I've used Drive 10 to optimise OS X drives. Plus Optimizer isn't for defragging, it

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-29 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 0:04 -0600 29/11/03, James Rohde wrote: Plus Optimizer isn't available yet in a version compatible with X (only DiskWarrior is). I've used Drive 10 to optimise OS X drives. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-28 Thread James Rohde
On 11/28/03 2:30 PM, David Thrower enlightened us by writing: >> > I like to run Diskwarrior and PlusOptimiser (they >> > still come bundled together?) at least once a month. >> > Never had a disk go down in the years since I've done >> > that, exc

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-28 Thread Steve Kidd
On 27-Nov-03, at 4:14 PM, tivo wrote: I'm using an iBook 900MHz OSX purchased new in June '03. Just ran newly purchased DiskWarrior. It showed 28% fragmentation of the hard drive. Is this normal for five months' use? Very normal. I service the Macs at the newspaper monthly - I've never had a fig

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-27 Thread David Thrower
> > I like to run Diskwarrior and PlusOptimiser (they > > still come bundled together?) at least once a > month. > > Never had a disk go down in the years since I've > done > > that, except for mechanical failure of a bad > drive. > > I haven't ran

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
ive. Is >> this normal for five months' use? >> >> I had the hard drive directory rebuilt. How often >> should I use the program >> as basic maintenance? > > I seem to get my boot partition pretty ragged just as > quickly in OS9.1 - mostly because I'

Re: DiskWarrior And

2003-11-27 Thread David Thrower
tory rebuilt. How often > should I use the program > as basic maintenance? I seem to get my boot partition pretty ragged just as quickly in OS9.1 - mostly because I've been downloading lots lately to a folder within it. I like to run Diskwarrior and PlusOptimiser (they still come b

DiskWarrior And

2003-11-27 Thread tivo
I'm using an iBook 900MHz OSX purchased new in June '03. Just ran newly purchased DiskWarrior. It showed 28% fragmentation of the hard drive. Is this normal for five months' use? I had the hard drive directory rebuilt. How often should I use the program as basic maintenance? Any other utility tha