Thanks Ronnie, I have read the techs from Micromat My laptop only went
through the first two test and hung. Then I had no option but to go
back in with Techtool it was then that I could not see the HDD. I
would love to say that it was coincidence and the Drive was about to
pack in but SMART gave no indication of this. So My presumption, right
or wrong was that Techtool was the culprit. It may be then that
something else was afoot. If the concensus is that TTP5 is stable then
I shall try again. If not I will wait.
tom samson
Welcome back Ronnie and thanks for the imput
On 08/03/2009, at 11:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hello WAMUGers,
I installed TTP5 Version 5.0.2 (Build 3968M) a month or so ago on my
MacBook Pro without any problems and have run all the tests without
any problems.
The only issue I have with TTP5, is it won't run on my TechTool
Protégé.
TTP5 is NOT compatible with Protégé at this time. I've been in touch
with MicroMat Support and they will have a new release of the
Protégé Manager to support TechTool Pro 5.0.x. They have been unable
to tell me WHEN this new release will be available on DVD.
Micromat have no mention on their website that TTP5 is not
compatible with the latest Protégé, and did not know it was
incompatible until I alerted them.
PLEASE NOTE:
You do need to Uninstall TechTool Pro 4.6.2 before you install TTP 5.
I Uninstalled TechTool Pro 4.6.2 first using the TTP 4.6.2 installer
disc.
When I went to empty the trash I was unable to because “the
Operation “TechTool Protection” is in use.
I found out that the TechTool Protection would be removed & replaced
when I install TechTool Pro 5:
"There is no need to remove the Protection files in the invisible
folder at /.TechTool Pro Items; they will be removed when they are
replaced by the Protection feature of TechTool Pro 5.0.2 (a System
Preferences pane)."
PLEASE NOTE:
It also is important to do as suggested by Micromat:
"Install the program on a bootable external drive if possible. When
you run the program from the bootable DVD, virtual memory cannot be
used.
When the disk directory is replaced, all of it, plus part of Mac OS
X and TechTool Pro, must be able to be held in RAM.
Unless you have a lot of RAM, this is not likely to be possible."
Micromat suggest you see "The Proper Way to Use TechTool Pro". This
was written for TTP4, but also relevant to TTP5.
<http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=&func=view&catid=6&id=3267#3267
>
I don't know why Tom Samson had problems, I did read his post on
Micromat Forum and the reply from Micromat to him.
I'm now just waiting for Micromat to release a new version of
Protégé Manager for my TechTool Protégé so I can put TTP5 on him.
I have installed on my "Trusty" TechTool Protégé - Disk Warrior
v4.1, Data Rescue 11 v1.2.1, Disk Utility, Disk Studio, System
Profiler, Terminal.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/03/2009, at 9:40 PM, James I Fraser wrote:
Tom,
It seems that 5.0 wasn't that stable, 5.3 is due out very soon.
James
I still have not heard a thing. Mine still sits here but after
losing a hard drive I am not game to touch it. If someone else has
any luck I would like to hear otherwise my weekly annoyance email
to Micromat will continue
tom samson
On 07/03/2009, at 4:04 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote:
Any update/advice on this problem?
Barry
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