[DM-MUG] Best Utility?

[Bailey Ford]

Comparing Disk Warrior (DW) and Tech Tool Pro (TTP) is a little like 
comparing apples and oranges. DW does one job, very very well. It 
creates the catalog file of a given disk. This is the file that tells 
the computer where all the files are located on the drive and defines 
the volume parameters (like how big the partition is and if it is 
bootable, etc.) TTP on the other hand, performs a wide array of tests 
on hardware and disks and files. It also has a routine to repair the 
catalog information. TTP looks at the catalog file to make sure it is 
well formed and corrects the errors that it sees. DW looks at all the 
files and creates a new, optimized catalog to describe those files. So, 
even for the same task, the two programs use a different technique.

My take is that DW does a superb job - much better than anything else 
for catalog problems. TTP is good too, but I would use it for 
defragging, and testing hardware (like RAM chips). If I were looking at 
a sick mac and wanted to get it working, I'd much rather have DW than 
TTP.

YMMV.

-bailey

On Nov 29, 2004, at 5:25 PM, Russ & Marilyn Carlson wrote:

> Which is the best utility DiskWarrior 3 or Tech Tool Pro 4?  I believe
> some members said that Norton was NOT a good one to get.
>
> Russ
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