diskwarrior 4

bcburrows · Nov 24, 2009, 09:07 AM

Can anyone tell me about their experiences with this app and recovering info from a filevault protected failing hard drive.

Thanks

miles01110 · Nov 24, 2009, 09:10 AM

Diskwarrior isn't a data recovery program.

bcburrows · Nov 24, 2009, 09:50 AM

I am aware of that - thanks

However it states it can rebuild file directories including those with file vault on them in damaged hard drives. I would like to know from people who have used it, what success they have had.

My three week old seagate hard drive reports an error and Mac OSX wont load, but the partitioned windows will load. I am simply trying to find a program that can rebuild the file structure so i can move it to an external hard drive and then try to recover what data I can

wrldwzrd89 · Nov 24, 2009, 09:54 AM

I have never used DiskWarrior 4 - I believe I have version 3. However, it proved to be a life-saver in one particular instance where the HDD was damaged. DW recovered the directory structure and 100% of the important data

I'd imagine that DW 4 is even better.

Chrysaor · Nov 24, 2009, 09:59 AM

I had my file system corrupt couple days ago, and fsck couldn't repair the drive (tried rebuilding the catalog etc).
Diskwarrior repaired the file system without any problems. I only had to reinstall my bootloader to boot from it. If you can't fix it with fsck, I would recommend DW. My drive didn't had file vault on it, but the problem wasn't in the home folder anyway.

bcburrows · Nov 24, 2009, 10:18 AM

Cheers guys much appreciated - now to stump up $100

Nov 24, 2009, 09:07 AM	#1
bcburrows macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Newcastle	diskwarrior 4 Can anyone tell me about their experiences with this app and recovering info from a filevault protected failing hard drive. Thanks __________________ 15 inches of macbook pro 2.66Ghz, 4GB, 320HDD iPhone 3GS 16GB, iPod 60Gb, Shuffle 1Gb 1 TB Time Caspule with 1TB WD NAS Remote, Few cables, A Box, Some headphones

Nov 24, 2009, 09:10 AM	#2
miles01110 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Switzerland	Diskwarrior isn't a data recovery program. __________________ 14 People You Meet in the Apple Store Why Is My Credit Card Company Trying to Phish Me? Got a problem? Check here first.

Nov 24, 2009, 09:50 AM	#3
bcburrows Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Newcastle	I am aware of that - thanks However it states it can rebuild file directories including those with file vault on them in damaged hard drives. I would like to know from people who have used it, what success they have had. My three week old seagate hard drive reports an error and Mac OSX wont load, but the partitioned windows will load. I am simply trying to find a program that can rebuild the file structure so i can move it to an external hard drive and then try to recover what data I can __________________ 15 inches of macbook pro 2.66Ghz, 4GB, 320HDD iPhone 3GS 16GB, iPod 60Gb, Shuffle 1Gb 1 TB Time Caspule with 1TB WD NAS Remote, Few cables, A Box, Some headphones

Nov 24, 2009, 09:54 AM	#4
wrldwzrd89 macrumors 601 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Solon, OH	I have never used DiskWarrior 4 - I believe I have version 3. However, it proved to be a life-saver in one particular instance where the HDD was damaged. DW recovered the directory structure and 100% of the important data I'd imagine that DW 4 is even better. __________________ iMac Intel, 1TB HDD upgrade, 10.6.2; iMac G5, 300GB HDD, 10.4.11/10.5.8; iPod touch, 3.1.3

Nov 24, 2009, 09:59 AM	#5
Chrysaor macrumors regular Join Date: May 2006	I had my file system corrupt couple days ago, and fsck couldn't repair the drive (tried rebuilding the catalog etc). Diskwarrior repaired the file system without any problems. I only had to reinstall my bootloader to boot from it. If you can't fix it with fsck, I would recommend DW. My drive didn't had file vault on it, but the problem wasn't in the home folder anyway. __________________ Dell XPS M1530 - Mac OS X Snow Leopard / Windows 7

Nov 24, 2009, 10:18 AM	#6
bcburrows Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Newcastle	Cheers guys much appreciated - now to stump up $100 __________________ 15 inches of macbook pro 2.66Ghz, 4GB, 320HDD iPhone 3GS 16GB, iPod 60Gb, Shuffle 1Gb 1 TB Time Caspule with 1TB WD NAS Remote, Few cables, A Box, Some headphones

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