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| ALSOFT DiskWarrior for OS X (Macintosh) | 
 enlarge | From: ALSOFT
Category: Software
Buy New: $99.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 2344
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Macintosh
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.2 x 1.3
MPN: wdd104
Model: 020863062007
UPC: 020863060300
EAN: 0020863060300
ASIN: B000095YXH
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New, in Retail Package, ships same day, from the Mac & iPod Leaders since 1988
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| Customer Reviews:
 Poor product, poor support ... waste of my money August 1, 2006
Recently my Newer Technology Mini Stack failed to mount. Newer Technology claimed problem wasn't with the hard disk (since it appeared in disk utility) and suggested I buy a disk repair program. I spent the $ on Disk Warrior and was very disappointed. I would understand if the program couldn't save my data. But instead, the program continually crashed during every operation on my iMac G5 (non Intel) computer. It would eventually rebuild my directories, but would not repair (instead, it would crash). Then tech support suggested I copy files from the "preview" to a new hard disk drive. Tried that, but everything was corrupt and Disk Warrior continued to crash each time. Save your money ... do NOT buy this program.
Buyer beware! July 11, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Be careful dealing with Alsoft. I have heard bad things and I recently experienced it for myself. Very shady company. They never warned me that this product doesn't work on the Intel Macs, and when I asked for a refund (before they even shipped it!!) I was told no. Eventually I had to go to my bank to have them clear it up for me. I'm not used to dealing with customer service like that.
Their checkout was programmed so badly that I didn't even know if I had purchased the product after it was all over. Multiple database errors in the scripts, warnings everywhere. It was surreal. It seems more like a fly-by-night company, but I know they have been around for a while. Don't know how much longer with this kind of service.Their customer service and tech support took 2 day to return my email!
 A Mac Imperative! June 18, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I haven't tried out Tech Tool Pro 4 but I do know that DW flat out works. I have a late 2004 iBook that had serious errors and read "Invalid Node Structure Error (2403, -36). I went to an Apple store talked it through with one of the staff and bought it upon recommendation. Came home, backed up my HD, popped in DW and after it ran everything was fine. It even gives you a detailed report about what was wrong and what was fixed. This thing saved my computer without a doubt.
One caution...this is not a quick fix tool. It took roughly 12 hours for it to fix my HD. But I don't care at all. I would definitely buy this tool.
 A pricey must-have --but stay on top of OS updates! May 31, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The best at what it does -- save drives and data akin to how Norton Disk Doctor used to ably salvage OS 6-7 information 'back in the day.' This functionality, akin to most 'leading' Mac utilities, comes at a literal high cost. No one -- likely not even Alsoft -- will accuse DiskWarrior of being cheap. Related, their discs ARE cheap quality...but work.
Akin to renter's insurance, you never think it's worth the premium until you need it. The alternative is hundreds of dollars + days of lost productivity having an authorized repair center attempt to salvage your machine. If you're a novice/intermediate user, buy this software -- its your best defense against an 'oops' you wish you could rewrite. Couple this with free, automated system utilities (eg Onyx), and you'll have a happy Mac.
Power users, however, beware. Significant OS X upgrades (free or purchased) render your version of DiskWarrior obsolete. While DiskWarrior does what it promises well, it only does so on specific OS iterations. Newer, paid updates (1-2 times a year) from Alsoft will remedy this problem...updates that admittedly become old fast. Thankfully they're pretty affordable.
Moreover, using backward compatible versions of DiskWarrior with older OS X offerings is akin to removing the proverbial mattress tag: do so at your own risk.
Lifesaver May 29, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered Diskwarrior and it took what seemed like ages (overnight)
to recover my disk. However- it worked! I got all my precious files back. Also very useful as a general maintenance utility to clean up an existing drive. Worth it.
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