Comments on: DiskWarrior finally completed “step 5″ http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/ Information, opinions, ideas and rants from my family and friends in Sacramento, California, US. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: DJ Tek http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79566 DJ Tek Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:01:17 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79566 I'm going on 24 hours on step six. So sick, cause everything work related is not working. Downloaded Diskwarrior and at first it worked great but something happened and I can't even see my drive any more. Tried DW again and now I'm stuck on Step 6 for about 20 hours at this point... Has anybody actually recovered data after a long recovery process like this?? I want to cry....... I’m going on 24 hours on step six. So sick, cause everything work related is not working. Downloaded Diskwarrior and at first it worked great but something happened and I can’t even see my drive any more. Tried DW again and now I’m stuck on Step 6 for about 20 hours at this point… Has anybody actually recovered data after a long recovery process like this??

I want to cry…….

]]> By: So Frustrated http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79018 So Frustrated Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:09:44 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79018 Too late......ug. Stopped it and DW doesn't see the drive now. Tried the OS install and no drive showing. Too late……ug. Stopped it and DW doesn’t see the drive now. Tried the OS install and no drive showing.

]]> By: Jim http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79012 Jim Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:08:55 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79012 @So Frustrated: I recommend that you stop it now! Get an external/additional disk and try Data Rescue. It sounds like your original disk is so far gone that Disk Warrior is doing more harm than good. @So Frustrated: I recommend that you stop it now! Get an external/additional disk and try Data Rescue. It sounds like your original disk is so far gone that Disk Warrior is doing more harm than good.

]]> By: So Frustrated http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79007 So Frustrated Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:26:52 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-79007 I've been running DW 4 for three days now. It is on setp 5 and shows "Speed reduced by disk malfunction: 4990" It is slowly climbing.....sllloooooowwly. Do I keep going? I really really need some photos off of this drive. Other than that I would just format it. I’ve been running DW 4 for three days now. It is on setp 5 and shows “Speed reduced by disk malfunction: 4990″ It is slowly climbing…..sllloooooowwly. Do I keep going? I really really need some photos off of this drive. Other than that I would just format it.

]]> By: Pahul http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-78734 Pahul Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:20:49 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-78734 Hi back! Tried DataRescue all over yesterday, as well as all night long. Seemed to work very fine, detected the drive and so on. But, while it actually found 41,600 nodes by quick scanning, it has been stuck on the 17,336th pretty quickly, maybe 5 minutes after being run. This morning, ie after 1day 1night of calculus, it was only at the 17,776th node. Considering that four hundred nodes had been scanned in about a day and a night, and considering over 22,000 were left, this was leading us to 55 days of hard work to come: almost 8 weeks. I actually chose to give it up for the moment, and to try out other softwares later. Indeed, i just managed to bring back my PB to life by plugging an external Firewire drive to it, i want to take a bit the most of it. He died 3 months ago, i didn't want to bother myself with 2 months more without any laptop. Anyway, i'll be posting news about my case over here, if there's anything changed positively. Thanks again Jim, and keep up the good work! Hi back!

Tried DataRescue all over yesterday, as well as all night long. Seemed to work very fine, detected the drive and so on. But, while it actually found 41,600 nodes by quick scanning, it has been stuck on the 17,336th pretty quickly, maybe 5 minutes after being run. This morning, ie after 1day 1night of calculus, it was only at the 17,776th node. Considering that four hundred nodes had been scanned in about a day and a night, and considering over 22,000 were left, this was leading us to 55 days of hard work to come: almost 8 weeks. I actually chose to give it up for the moment, and to try out other softwares later. Indeed, i just managed to bring back my PB to life by plugging an external Firewire drive to it, i want to take a bit the most of it. He died 3 months ago, i didn’t want to bother myself with 2 months more without any laptop.

Anyway, i’ll be posting news about my case over here, if there’s anything changed positively. Thanks again Jim, and keep up the good work!

]]> By: Pahul http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-78688 Pahul Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:59:36 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-78688 Hi, Jim. It's been 4 days that DW is stuck on Step 5, with 1,103 disk malfunction errors. And it's just so slow. Reading Jade's previous comment, now i'm just hoping it's not too late trying DataRescue. Thanks for telling about your experience. Keeping you guys up with my case. Config: Powerbook G4, running on Firewire hard drive, 60gb. Trying to recover data from the PB's original 80gb disk. Hi, Jim.

It’s been 4 days that DW is stuck on Step 5, with 1,103 disk malfunction errors. And it’s just so slow. Reading Jade’s previous comment, now i’m just hoping it’s not too late trying DataRescue. Thanks for telling about your experience. Keeping you guys up with my case.

Config: Powerbook G4, running on Firewire hard drive, 60gb. Trying to recover data from the PB’s original 80gb disk.

]]> By: Jim http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75705 Jim Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:57:28 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75705 @Jade: Sorry to hear about your laptop! For boot options (e.g. how to eject your CD), please see my <a href="http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050926/boot-options-for-powerbook-g4/" rel="nofollow">boot options post</a>. <-That's a link, just mouse over "boot options post". These are for a PowerBook G4, but they may still work for your laptop. I highly recommend DataRescue if you need to recover anything off of your existing disk. @Jade: Sorry to hear about your laptop! For boot options (e.g. how to eject your CD), please see my boot options post. <-That’s a link, just mouse over “boot options post”. These are for a PowerBook G4, but they may still work for your laptop.

I highly recommend DataRescue if you need to recover anything off of your existing disk.

]]> By: Jade http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75700 Jade Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:49:16 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75700 Jim you are so right. My disk now is completely failed after running DW for 4 days. I did run the diagnosis first before I was trying to rebuild the directory and diagnosis result was normal. Jim you are so right. My disk now is completely failed after running DW for 4 days. I did run the diagnosis first before I was trying to rebuild the directory and diagnosis result was normal.

]]> By: Jade http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75694 Jade Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:38:37 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75694 I had to call a quit on DW. Right now, once I turn it on, the DW screen does not show up any more. The laptop is on for a little while and automatically shut down by itself. The DW disk is still inside my laptop. How can I get it out? so that I can insert the Snow and get it over with. thanks for help guys!!! My computer is the black Macbook. I had to call a quit on DW. Right now, once I turn it on, the DW screen does not show up any more. The laptop is on for a little while and automatically shut down by itself. The DW disk is still inside my laptop. How can I get it out? so that I can insert the Snow and get it over with. thanks for help guys!!! My computer is the black Macbook.

]]> By: Jade http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75693 Jade Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:15:46 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20051006/diskwarrior-finally-completed-step-5/#comment-75693 Jim, I have been running my DW for 4 days now. and it has been hanging on step 5 forever. The number is incrementing, just super slow. I read your blog. I think I should give it up, should I? Just reinstall the OS and to get it over with. Fortunately, I don't have lots of data in my laptop because it was just crashed a few weeks ago. and i had to reinstall the OS. Your advice is greatly appreciated. thanks Jim,

I have been running my DW for 4 days now. and it has been hanging on step 5 forever. The number is incrementing, just super slow. I read your blog. I think I should give it up, should I? Just reinstall the OS and to get it over with. Fortunately, I don’t have lots of data in my laptop because it was just crashed a few weeks ago. and i had to reinstall the OS. Your advice is greatly appreciated.

thanks

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