Re: 10.6 no longer boots.

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: 10.6 no longer boots.
Date	2014-08-11 16:25 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2014-08-11, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've 
>> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
>> 
>> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very 
>> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will 
>> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
>> 
>> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix 
>> problems on a drive.
>
> Better to spend hours restoring from a backup than days on a recovery
> procedure that might not succeed. DiskWarrior is not a substitute for a
> backup. Nothing is.

Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
from backup" away. : )

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10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-08 21:36 -0700
  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-09 15:37 +0000
  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-09 11:20 -0700
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              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 14:56 +0000
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 16:25 +0000
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-13 14:37 -0400
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-14 10:17 -0600
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