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DiskWarrior

DiskWarrior

Maintain, repair, and recover system disk/drive data.

Version:  4.2

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Update definitely blows

Feedback Type:  Commentary

Contributed by: BJF Saturday, May 14 2005 @ 04:37 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

Gets as far as asking for a blank but displays an error before I get the blank loaded up. It would be nice if I could make the disk image myself, let the updater make whatever changes it needs to on the image file, and then I burn the disk. The one-click approach sounds nice but doesn't work.

Great software. Crappy update process.   

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Update definitely blows - Nico Stegeman

Here's what the Alsoft site says what to do:

I could not burn an updated CD, so for anyone having those problems here are some instructions from Alsoft:

Burn the disk image manually using Disk Utility under OS X 10.3.x or higher.

"The updated DiskWarrior disk image is in the /private/tmp folder on the
hard drive.

To find the .dmg file do the following.

1. Run the updater. Allow it to read your DiskWarrior 3.0 CD and enter
the registration information when requested.

2. When it asks for a blank CD, go to the Finder (i.e. click on the
desktop).

3. In the Finder, select the "Go to Folder..." command located in the
"Go" menu.

4. The Go to Folder dialog will open and you will need to type the path
"/private/tmp" (do not type the quote marks) and then press Go.

This will open the tmp folder and you can then copy the .dmg file to the
desktop (see note below). When dragging and dropping the disk image file
from the tmp folder to the Desktop, make sure you hold down the "option"
key so that a copy will be made instead of moving the original. Then
burn it using Disk Utility (i.e. Use the "Burn" command from the "Images"
menu and select the .dmg file).

NOTE:
The .dmg file is deleted when the updater quits. You need to make a copy
of this temporary file before quitting the updater so that it does not go
away."

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Monday, May 23 2005 @ 07:06 AM PDT