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Micromat debuts TechTool Pro 4 disk utility

updated 08:40 am EST, Tue January 7, 2003

 
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Micromat (Expo booth 1939) has posted information about , a "completely new program, built from the ground up for Mac OS X" using Apple's Cocoa development environment. It now features a suite predictive diagnostics and analysis routines to help anticipate a drive failure before it happens as well as a new "eDrive" feature, which allows you to create an invisible emergency volume from your existing drive (the bootable drive can be accessed at startup using the 'e' key). Version 4 can also now run its full battery of tests simultaneously, offers a new optimization features to unfragment files, and has updated versions of its repair and diagnostic features. [pricing and availability not noted]


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    SWEEEET!!!

    SWEEET! I am definately getting this. I've been waiting for this for a while now.

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    What about Drive 10?

    Anybody know how this fits with Drive 10? What the point of Drive 10 now?

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    Re: SWEEEET!!!

    well now.. this looks pretty spiffy.

    now i'd like to see DiskWarrior 3 and i'll be set.. of course this new techtool may begin to erode DiskWarrior's user base(?) Depends on what DW3 has been busy doing this whole time..

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    DiskWarrior

    What have the DiskWarrior folks been DOING all this time, anyway??? I spoke to their rep at the last MacWorld (NYC) at which time I was told "We should have an OSX version within 6 weeks....maybe sooner" which, of course, was six MONTHS ago. DW is the BEST...but you're right...their inactivity is definitely going to hurt them as users settle on Techtool 4 (assuming it's good)...and if they get hurt, we'll (as users) get hurt. P*sses me off!!!

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    Re: DiskWarrior

    their inactivity is definitely going to hurt them as users settle on Techtool 4 (assuming it's good)

    As far as I can see, TTP4 can't do what DW does: repair the disk directory.

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    Re: re: Diskwarrior

    "As far as I can see, TTP4 can't do what DW does: repair the disk directory. "

    Directory repair has always been a part of TTP's utility package. When the release mentions "its full battery of tests", it's safe to assume directory repair is still a part of that.

    At any rate, i've always found Diskwarrior to be a more powerful directory repair utility. Having TTP4 would certainly not keep me from getting DW3 whenever they finally decide to release it.

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    time will tell

    i'll wait for some others to jump on this wagon to test it....but the best thing may be the fire lit under diskwarrior....

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    Alsoft

    I recently had some issues with the current DW.. perfectly dealt with by the good folks at Alsoft, btw. During my conversations with them, of COURSE I inquired about DW3. "A couple of months" was all they would admit.

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    Drive 10?

    Hmmm, I bought Drive 10 as soon as it was available and it never worked on the Pismo (which always hung and needed disk repair _after_ Drive 10 had done its thing. I didn't want to pay another huge chunk of money when OSX and Drive 10 bumped up versions -- both adopting Microsoft's upgrade pricing policy, I guess. I've stayed with DW which has never failed me yet.

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    Looks good

    Iv'e been wating for a utility that lets you create a partition
    without having to reformat your mac drive. Also been waiting
    for a non Norton disc defragmenter for OS X since Alsoft didn't release an OS X native PlusOptimizer yet.

    I wonder why Apple hasn't created their own defrag tool
    for OS X and why Apple isn't preconfiguring their new machines with an emergency partition on them?

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