A saga with ultimate success, more or less. Alan your end result echoes my finding that Disk Warrior can be real magic! It has saved me twice in the past. I have DW and other service items on a separate drive and system for rescue and regular maintenance runs. Severin Crisp
Sent from Sev's iPad > On 24 Nov 2014, at 4:35 pm, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > Success! > > DiskWarrior.app 4.4 installed OK. Used Target Mode with Firewire to scan the > 2009 iMac. “Directory” was main area of action. On completion, DW asserted > that the old and new directories would be on Desktop and the proposed changes > could be viewed. This did not seem to happen so I accepted DW reconstructed > directory (what other real choice is there!) but saved the log file for > “later perusal”. A few exceptions were noted with the “Files” test and no > problems with “Hardware”. > > iMac subsequently started up OK. Some “irregularities” noted for future > investigation, including no startup Chime; iTunes certificates invalid; > Dropbox on the menu bar is inactive; Sudoku is “damaged” (but I can download > that again). > > Thanks for your perserverence and help. Disk Warrior certainly fixed things > that Apple Disk Utility couldn’t. > > I’ll send a closing email on the original iMac "failing to start up" thread > to make things tidy in the WAMUG archives. > > Cheers > Alan > > >> On 24 Nov 2014, at 2:30 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Alan I've sent you an email offlist Let me know if you want me to send the >> DiskWarrior.app v 4.4 to you please. >> >> Ronni >> >>> On 24 Nov 2014, at 2:28 pm, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ronni >>> >>> Your instructions are for Installing the DiskWarrior received via download >>> purchase. They do not seem to apply to me. But I did follow the steps re >>> trashing and restarting, with no benefit. >>> >>> Alsoft sell a new DiskWarrior for $100 or an “Upgrade” for $50. I >>> understand the software can be downloaded and with a CD/DVD mailed out with >>> a 3-4 weeks wait. I did not purchase either of these marketing variants. >>> >>> Alsoft also provide a free Update with no hard CD provided. Serial number >>> of the original version must be (and was) provided. A 2.5MB .dmg file was >>> downloaded to my “downloads” folder. I assumed the Update version is just >>> the same as the Upgrade, but without a hard copy. >>> >>> I think Alsoft are playing games with semantics. “Update” must refer to DW >>> software, NOT to a different Apple OS. >>> >>> The fine print in the Read Me file may explain it: >>> >>> The DiskWarrior 4.4 Disc Update >>> >>> Please Read This First >>> >>> This free updater application allows you to create a new startup disk >>> (CD/DVD) with the latest version of DiskWarrior using your original >>> (factory) DiskWarrior 4.0 to 4.3 disc. You can use your updated disc just >>> as you used your original disc to start up your Mac. >>> >>> Please note that your new DiskWarrior disc will contain the latest version >>> of DiskWarrior, but will still contain the same version of Mac OS X as your >>> original DiskWarrior disc. Alsoft cannot update the version of Mac OS X on >>> your disc with this updater application. This means that the disc created >>> by this updater will not be able to start up any Macs that your original >>> DiskWarrior disc is unable to start up. If you have purchased a new Mac >>> that requires a later version of Mac OS X than the copy of Mac OS X on your >>> original DiskWarrior disc, you'll need to purchase an update disc from >>> Alsoft. >>> >>> What if I have a new Macintosh that my current DiskWarrior 4 disc will not >>> start? >>> >>> You should order a new DiskWarrior disc containing a later version of Mac >>> OS X. You can contact our Customer Service department by calling >>> 1-800-257-6381 or 281-353-4090. >>> >>> In any case, I think the Update has failed - at least it should have >>> updated the DW software for the old Snow Leopard utility. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Alan >>> >>>> On 24 Nov 2014, at 12:50 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase: >>>> >>>> Hi Alan, >>>> >>>> Did you drag the DW 4.3 Application from Utilities into the Trash and >>>> empty the trash & restart your Mac before trying to install v.4.4? >>>> >>>> Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase: >>>> >>>> 1) Open the 'DiskWarrior.dmg' file you received via download. This will >>>> cause the disk image named 'DiskWarrior' to appear on your desktop. >>>> >>>> 2) Drag to the trash any existing copy of DiskWarrior you have installed. >>>> You may need to restart in order to empty the trash. >>>> >>>> 3) Select the DiskWarrior icon (the icon is a drive with a knight's >>>> helmet) found in the upper left corner of the disk image window and drag >>>> it to your hard disk. Alsoft recommends that DiskWarrior reside in the >>>> Utilities folder within the Applications folder. >>>> >>>> 4) To run DiskWarrior from your hard disk, simply double-click the >>>> DiskWarrior icon. >>>> In order to run DiskWarrior, you must be started from Mac OS X 10.3.9 or >>>> later. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 24 Nov 2014, at 12:04 pm, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Any Disk Warrior users in Wamug? >>>>> >>>>> I have Disk Warrior 4.3 on disk and as a soft copy on a good iMac in >>>>> Utilities. The internal HD on my 2009 iMac is faulty. I intended to do >>>>> a disk repair with Disk Warrior using Firewire and Target Mode. Both >>>>> Macs have Mavericks 10.9.5 installed. I downloaded the update for DW >>>>> ver 4.4 but cannot install it. >>>>> >>>>> I attempted to use DW 4.3 but received the message “Directory cannot be >>>>> rebuilt. Disk is a newer version than Disk Warrior”. Not unexpected, so >>>>> back to trying to get 4.4 working. >>>>> >>>>> The general message on opening the .dmg file states: To install update >>>>> need - >>>>> (1) original DW disk >>>>> (2) admin privileges >>>>> (3) 3.5 GB disk space >>>>> (4) a blank CD-R or DVD-R. >>>>> >>>>> I opted to “continue” and the install process got to accepting licence >>>>> agreement then the message “No recordable devices were found. You may >>>>> connect one via Firewire or USB and press Rescan, or quit." >>>>> >>>>> I inserted a 16GB thumb drive but no change to the messages. I >>>>> reformatted thumb drive to Mac OS extended (journaled) and with GUID >>>>> partition table. Still no progress. Tried again with DW 4.3 copied to >>>>> the USB drive. Still no progress. Bought a new 1TB USB 3 hard drive and >>>>> formatted it as above. Still no progress. >>>>> >>>>> Found that information on the Alsoft (DW) website is confusing and the >>>>> FAQs are Dorothy Dixers. >>>>> >>>>> The Update page includes the following information: >>>>> "Uses your original 4.0-4.3 disc to create a new startup disc containing >>>>> DiskWarrior 4 version 4.4. The new disc will only start up the same Mac >>>>> models as the original disc.” The last sentence is alarming. Does it >>>>> mean Mac OS version? >>>>> >>>>> Any advice on how to install the update? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Alan >>>>> >>>>> Alan Smith >>>>> Late 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.9.5 >>>>> Mavericks >>>>> Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.9.5 >>>>> Mavericks >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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