I am rather obsessive about backups. But, before I back up I always used to run Norton Disk Doctor to make sure I wasn’t achieving some damaged files.
But, I recently (and reluctantly) upgraded the Mac OS from 10.2 to OS 10.4.5 (Tiger) only to find out that Disk Doctor turned into Disk Mortician.
Not only is NDD not designed for OS 10.4 and gives notice of “major” problems when there aren’t any, but when it tries to repair such problems, it’s directory patching process destroys them. After running NDD, I was unable to boot either OS 9.2 or 10.4. – it sent me directly into the UNIX terminal mode. AND, from the terminal, I couldn’t figure out a way to open my CD drive to try to reinstall. (Apple told me to boot with the Opt-Command -”O”-”F” keys).
I finally booted with the installation DVD, and ended up reinstalling the system, but many of my preferences files got tanked in the process.
A very strong recommendation: if you’re using NDD for anything greater than OS 9, DON’T!
Get a copy of Alsoft’s <u>DiskWarrior</u> v.3.0.3. Although it’s interface is a bit peculiar, it was designed for the Mac OS X (as Norton’s is/was not).