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DiskWarrior

Question

I purchased DiskWarrior 4.x online and downloaded it. I have not received my disc yet. How can I rebuild my startup disk?

Answer

The downloaded DiskWarrior 4.x software cannot be burned to a disc to create a disk that will startup your computer as the download does not include any System files.

You will need to employ one of the following workarounds:

1. Alternate Startup Disk: If you have another drive (such as an external Thunderbolt, USB, FireWire or Flash drive) you could install Mac OS X (10.3.9 or higher) on that drive and then start from it. Install DiskWarrior on that drive’s “Utilities” folder, (which is inside the “Applications” folder) and run DiskWarrior from there.
2. Target Disk Mode: Connect two Macs with a Thunderbolt or FireWire cable where one is the “host” and the other is a “target”. The host Mac should be running an OS X in which DiskWarrior 4 runs. In this scenario, the target Mac is the Mac whose disk you are trying to rebuild. Start by shutting down the target Mac. Then turn it on while holding down the “T” key. The target Mac’s drive will appear as a drive on the host Mac. Run DiskWarrior from the host Mac and rebuild the target Mac’s disk.

If you cannot perform one of the above suggestions then you will need to wait for the DiskWarrior disc to arrive.

Also, a hard drive in an Intel-based Macintosh computer requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 or newer if utilizing either of the alternate methods outlined above.

Should this information fail to resolve your issue, please contact Alsoft Technical Support.

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