Thought you might be interested in hearing about this;
Using DiskWarrior, managed to "see" and retrieve important files from an 18 gb partition of a 60 gb ATA drive. (This is the middle of three partitions.) The directory was corrupted beyond repair but DW assembled a temporary directory for me that basically was identical to the contents of that partition. I was able to select and drag over files that I needed over to my external firewire drive. Retrieved everything that I needed, which were all family related digital SLR RAW files that only time travel would make it possible to replace. About two week's worth of files that I hadn't backed up since last time. Although the partition is not useable and I would need to reformat the entire drive and start over, DiskWarrior allowed me to prepare for this without losing a step. The drive in question is the infamous IBM UltraStar 60GXP, that was a warranty replacement with the daily run-time restriction that caused a stir. The drive developed a faint high-pitched noise about a month ago that has been annoying enough to give me a heads-up on the impending doom. (DiskWarrior and DiskOptimizer had been run on a regular basis, so I can only assume early signs of mechanical failure.) Everything's backed up and I am able to function as if nothing's happened for the time being. Disk Warrior + External CD burner comes through once again ! -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
