DiskWarrior 1.x even won a design award at the 1999 Apple WorldWide Developer Conference. The interface is also one of the most intuitive for a repair utility. This is exactly what DiskWarrior is all about it has one function in life, and that is to rebuild the directory structure on your hard drive. There is no power user mode or hidden advanced controls. ![]() When compared to other utilities, such as Norton Utilities and TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior has a simplistic interface. As shown in Figure 1, the main window has only two tabs, and a minimal number of controls. If you don't install the extension, the reboot is not needed.ĭiskWarrior's interface is a model of simplicity and efficiency. Although Alsoft includes an installer, you can just drag the application to the desired location on a local hard drive, and drop the extension on the active System Folder. Released at the Macworld Expo 2000 in January, version 2 adds the ability to prevent disk damage by preventing applications and utilities from writing to the disk in a way that would corrupt or damage the directory.ĭiskWarrior has only two components, the application and the DiskWarrior extension. It fixes directory damage and works on HFS and HFS+ drives. Welch, Edited by Ilene Hoffman Reviewing the leader in Macintosh disk maintenance utilities BackgroundĭiskWarrior, from Alsoft Inc. ![]() Educational Institution and Student DiscountsĬolumn Tag: Network Management DiskWarrior 2.0īy John C.
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