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Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it.

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Subject Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it.
Followup-To comp.sys.mac.apps
Date 2014-08-19 01:09 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <c5fmf2Fnn3iU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2014-08-18, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>
> I contacted someone (not Al) from DiskWarrior team and got this e-mail 
> re(ply/sponse):
>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:33:37 -0500
> From: Alsoft Technical Support <tech.support@alsoft.com>
> To: Ant...
> Subject: Re: Mac FS bugs?
> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 6.1 build 4643 English (intel)
>         <http://www.ctmdev.com>
>
> A partition map can become unreadable due to bad blocks on the drive 
> (causing part of the partition map to be unreadable), an improperly 
> ejected/disconnected drive at which point data is mistakenly written 
> over the partition map, or a malfunctioning drive chassis which causes 
> the partition map to be overwritten. Further, a utility that live 
> partitions or reformats a drive can also write an incorrect partition 
> map.
>
> -- Marc
>
>
> As you can see, he never mentioned a MacFS. :/

So? He's not wrong about anything he said. As I recall, this is a USB
drive, is it not? It's entirely possible (perhaps even probable) that a
disruption in USB connectivity caused the corruption you experienced.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 16:59 -0700
  Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 17:20 -0700
    Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 17:34 -0700
      Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-08-16 17:57 -0700
        Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 18:40 -0700
          Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 21:44 -0400
            Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 18:57 -0700
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. billy@MIX.COM - 2014-08-17 14:38 +0000
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-17 08:52 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. billy@MIX.COM - 2014-08-17 17:27 +0000
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-17 11:39 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-08-18 16:59 -0500
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-19 01:09 +0000
        Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. billy@MIX.COM - 2014-08-17 04:27 +0000
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          Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. billy@MIX.COM - 2014-08-17 15:25 +0000
            Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-17 08:55 -0700
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-17 11:43 -0700
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                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-17 14:08 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Disk Repair failed to repair it. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-17 21:49 +0000
  Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 20:29 -0400
    Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 17:36 -0700
      Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 20:43 -0400
        Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 18:41 -0700
          Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 21:44 -0400
            Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 19:02 -0700
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-08-16 19:27 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 20:03 -0700
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 22:29 -0400
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? android <here@there.was> - 2014-08-18 15:19 +0200
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-08-18 17:00 -0500
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? android <here@there.was> - 2014-08-19 06:45 +0200
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-18 23:16 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? android <here@there.was> - 2014-08-19 08:55 +0200
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-19 02:31 -0700
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? android <here@there.was> - 2014-08-19 12:11 +0200
                Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? (OT) ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-08-19 19:39 -0500
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          Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-17 03:18 +0000
            Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2014-08-18 17:16 -0500
              Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-19 01:11 +0000
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      Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-17 00:47 -0400
  Re: A free GUI software replacement for SMARTreporter for Mac OS X? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-16 20:05 -0700
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