TOPIC
This article describes available disk recovery utilities for the Mac OS.
DISCUSSION
Disk First Aid Level: Novice to Expert Disk First Aid is a utility that verifies the directory structure of any Mac OS formatted disk. Hard disk, floppy disk, and compact disc (CD) drives are examples of disks that can use this format. If errors are found on a disk, Disk First Aid can be used as a first step to repair them. If a volume has suffered severe corruption, other utility programs or repair methods may need to be used. Disk First Aid looks for errors in these places: You can save the results of a verification or repair scan as a SimpleText (text) document. Disk First Aid cannot scan for deleted files or folders on a disk. Third party products can perform these tasks. Drive Setup Level: Novice to Expert This hard drive utility is used for initializing, updating, partitioning, and testing Apple SCSI and IDE hard disks. You should only used Drive Setup with these computers: Notes: |
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Product Area: | Apple Software |
Category: | Third-Party Software |
Sub Category: | Disk Utilities |
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