
30 Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior Running DiskWarrior
Running DiskWarrior
Rebuilding Your HFS and HFS Plus Disks
You will find DiskWarrior extremely easy to use. You will start by selecting a disk, clicking Re-
build, and then waiting a moment for the DiskWarrior Report. Then you will view the Report,
making note of the problems that were found and repaired and anything that DiskWarrior rec-
ommends to you. At this point, you should preview the rebuilt disk by checking if any files or
folders you may have lost have been recovered, opening documents, and running applications.
Once you are satisfied that the Preview disk is satisfactory, you will click Replace to replace the
directory on the original disk with the new, optimized replacement directory that you just pre-
viewed.
Alsoft recommends, however, that you thoroughly read the remainder of this chapter so that you
understand how DiskWarrior works, and what you should look for in each step. Follow these
steps to rebuild your disks with DiskWarrior:
Note: Alsoft recommends that you regularly make a complete backup of your disks. This
will allow you to restore your data regardless of any problem that might arise, including
those that DiskWarrior cannot repair such as damaged partition maps, corrupted disk
drivers, or mechanical disk malfunctions.
1) Restart your computer from a disk other than the disk to be rebuilt.
DiskWarrior cannot rebuild the directory on the disk from which the Mac OS computer
was started (refer to Rebuilding Your Startup Disk on page 38 in this chapter). If you
startup from the DiskWarrior CD or a Mac OS system CD with Mac OS 8.1 through Mac
OS 9.x, this will allow DiskWarrior to rebuild the directory of any HFS or HFS Plus disk
locally connected to your Mac OS computer.
Note: If you are not starting up from the DiskWarrior CD or a Mac OS system CD, start up
with all extensions off.
2) Close all open applications.
Directories cannot be rebuilt on disks with open applications.
Tip: Depending on the number of files on the disk to be rebuilt, DiskWarrior may require
a large amount of memory to rebuild the disk. To give DiskWarrior the maximum amount
of memory, either start up from the DiskWarrior CD, a Mac OS system CD, or start up with
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