December 4, 2009, Newsletter Issue #231: Directory - Repair or Rebuild?
Tip of the Week
If you suspect your directory is corrupted (see Directory Disasters) you can try to repair or rebuild it. Either Tech Tool Pro or Norton Disk Doctor can make basic directory repairs. If you have both, use the most current one; do not use both, as they act in different ways and can make things worse.
Before doing anything, back up what you canīt afford to lose. DO NOT write any more files to disk; you may be writing over something else. Back up your files to CD or to another drive; use a file recovery utility (File Buddy is a good one) to attempt to locate files youīve lost.
Run NDD or TTP to repair your directory, but donīt immediately trust your Mac to be clean again. Fixing the directory may not fix whatever caused it to corrupt in the first place ... it may become corrupted again in a short time. If it does, take your Mac to a dependable repair center.
If you would like to try rebuilding your entire directory, Disk Warrior is the simplest way. Again, the above caveats apply.
get Tech Tool Pro
get Disk Warrior
get Norton Utilities
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