[WinMac] Re: Floppyless iMac and disk utilities
Nick Scalise(nicks[at]radiks.net)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:02:24 +0000
Dan wrote:
> These are the reasons why I don't favor an iMac for either a first-time
> user, nor a user where the iMac is the only machine they have. Yes, the
> iMac is a nice machine WHEN IT IS RUNNING. But when it goes haywire -- And
> eventually it WILL due to crashes corrupting the file system -- it takes
> more experience than previous floppy Macs to get it running again. An
> experienced "Mac head," or corporate support technician -- like most all of
> us on this list -- can get an iMac running again with dispatch.
>
> But first-time users are a different story altogether. How many times have
> we all helped a friend or neighbor who doesn't even know what Disk First
> Aid is, let alone how to use it?!
MacOS 8.5 now automatically checks the disk on start-up after a crash, so in
theory when a new user crashes their iMac, it will repair any troubles that
have been inflicted on the drive. Although Disk First Aid is not a perfect
utility, there are "Mac Experts" (Bob Levitus, Don Crabb, etc.) that say if
if DFA is allowed to run after every crash it will safeguard your drive
reasonably well. I use it and find them to be correct.
Most Mac heads won't see this right away (at least I didn't) because to turn
on the disk checking you must have the Shut Down Warning box checked in the
General Controls control panel. And who has that thing turned on any earlier
MacOS system?
Good luck
Nick
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