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Re: Corrupted HD

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Corrupted HD
Date 2013-11-12 00:26 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <121120130026526575%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References <1lc6kdk.7xljiyi7d7c0N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid> <mcmurtrie-8FBAAD.20515811112013@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>

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<mcmurtrie-8FBAAD.20515811112013@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:

> I'd only use DiskWarrior as a last resort after everything is backed up.  
> It's hacker-grade software that often refuses to run due to ridiculously 
> bad assumptions about disk access timing.

nonsense. diskwarrior is *extremely* well written and well tested
software and is almost always is able to repair directory corruption.
it has saved my butt on many occasions.

what it can't do is fix hardware failures, i.e., excessive bad blocks.
nothing can.

> The same software that Disk Utility runs is available on the command 
> line.

diskwarrior does significantly more than disk utility does.

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Corrupted HD RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-11 17:00 -0800
  Re: Corrupted HD Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-11 20:20 -0500
  Re: Corrupted HD nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-11 21:23 -0500
    Re: Corrupted HD RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-11 21:27 -0800
      Re: Corrupted HD nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-12 00:36 -0500
      Re: Corrupted HD me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-12 06:06 +0000
        Re: Corrupted HD "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2013-11-12 15:05 -0500
  Re: Corrupted HD Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-11-11 20:51 -0800
    Re: Corrupted HD nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-12 00:26 -0500
    Re: Corrupted HD jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-12 19:46 +1300
      Re: Corrupted HD Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-11-11 23:08 -0800
        Re: Corrupted HD nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-12 02:46 -0500
          Re: Corrupted HD George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-11-12 07:55 -0600
          Re: Corrupted HD Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-11-12 21:43 -0800
        Re: Corrupted HD George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-11-12 07:55 -0600
        Re: Corrupted HD "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2013-11-12 20:12 +0000
    Re: Corrupted HD Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-13 00:51 +0000
  Re: Corrupted HD Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com> - 2013-11-12 21:22 +0100
    Re: Corrupted HD Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-12 23:02 -0500
      Re: Corrupted HD Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com> - 2013-11-13 05:26 +0100
        Re: Corrupted HD Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-13 00:47 -0500
          Re: Corrupted HD Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com> - 2013-11-13 21:00 +0100

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