Norton System Works

It looks like a bootable CD is already available for Norton System Works:

http://www.symantec.com/sabu/sysworks/mac/features.html

 

Micromat

If you're looking for a new disk utility for OS X, I recommend the Micromat Drive 10 software:

http://www.micromat.com/drive_10/drive_10_introduction.html

Micromat promises a May, 2003 delivery date for TechTool Pro 4, and a free upgrade for purchasers of Drive 10:
http://www.micromat.com/tt_pro_4/tt_pro_4.html

 

Avoid mixing Norton and OSX like the plague - the plague I tell you.

Symptons include:

Constant Kernel Panics
Killing Extent Allocations
General Disk Destruction

I spent two days this week recovering from using Norton for half an hour.

 

I own Norton SystemWorks 2.0.

And you can buy it from me really cheap. Yes, I'm serious. Contact me if you're interested.

 

DiskWarrior

'nuff said.

 

Whatever

I have Drive 10 and Norton Systemworks 2.0. When I have had problems, Drive 10 has been useless. While I agree about the kernel panics with NS, booting from it and running NDD has been the only thing that has saved my ass a few times. Watching what both do--in terms of optimizing and troubleshooting--NS is much better, IMHO. It fixes many more problems and optimizes faster.

A good rule of thumb: don't install utility software--just run it from the CD. It fixes more and saves trouble. I personally don't install anything that adds .kext's unless I absolutely have to.

Chris