Instruction Manual

20 Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior

Installation of DiskWarrior

Requirements

To rebuild the directory on a Mac OS Standard (HFS) or Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disk,

DiskWarrior requires a G3-based or higher Mac OS computer with at least 128 MB RAM. The

disk to be rebuilt must be locally connected, must not be write protected, and must have a valid

partition map. If you plan to rebuild the directory on your startup disk, you need to start up from

another disk capable of starting up Mac OS X v. 10.2.1 or later, such as the DiskWarrior CD

(refer to

Rebuilding Your HFS and HFS Plus Disks

on page 24 in this chapter).

To install the DiskWarrior application, you must have a Mac OS computer running Mac OS X v.

10.2.1 or later with at least 128 MB RAM.

To build a graph for the directory of a disk, all of the following must be true:

1)The disk must appear on the desktop.

2)The disk must be an HFS (Mac OS Standard) or HFS Plus disk (Mac OS Extended).

3)The disk must be locally attached.

4)There must not be any detected hardware problems with the disk.

As stated in the copyright notice in this manual, you may install and use DiskWarrior on any com-

puter owned by you, for the purpose of performing its functions on any disk owned by you. The

software may not exist on more than one computer at a time.

Before You Install

First make a backup

DiskWarrior is not copy protected, so the Finder can be used to create a backup of the

DiskWarrior package that you received.

Be sure to register your purchase

If you received DiskWarrior on a CD-ROM, then you should perform the following

steps:

1) Note your DiskWarrior serial number on the CD label.

2) Completely ﬁll out the product registration card and mail it to Alsoft. Be sure to

include the serial number. You can also register your product on the Web at <http://