
36 Chapter 2: Using DiskWarrior Running DiskWarrior
DiskWarrior may create special folders at the root level of the disk. You should pay particular
attention to the files and folders that DiskWarrior places in these folders. The folder called “Res-
cued Items” contains files and folders whose enclosing folder could not be found and files that
had an entry in an inaccessible portion of the directory. If any of the files or folders whose en-
closing folder could not be found are part of a software package, you may need to create enclos-
ing folders with the correct names and locations after you have rebuilt your disk so that the
software that uses these files works correctly, or you may need to reinstall the software package.
The files that had an entry in an inaccessible portion of the directory may have been lost or
thrown away. You must inspect these files to determine the extent of any damage. You must also
determine whether these files should be discarded.
If DiskWarrior creates a folder titled “Damaged Items,” then this folder contains files that were
recovered but may have problems. For instance, these files may have been truncated because
blocks were missing from the file. Once the rebuild is complete, you will need to determine if
these files can be salvaged.
At this point in the process, if you discover that there are items missing from the preview disk,
use Find File or Sherlock (in the Apple Menu, or Find… in the File menu in the Finder) to search
for invisible items. Make sure the preview disk is the disk selected in the top pop-up menu. Hold
down the option key and select “visibility” in the left hand pop-up menu, making sure the right
hand pop-up menu says “invisible.” Click the Find button. Check the list to see if the missing
items are included. If they are, you will need to use a utility such as ResEdit (available free from
Apple) to make the item visible after the rebuild is completed [see step 14) If any items were
missing in the Preview (step 8) and found to be invisible, you can make them visible now.
in this chapter].
In the event that critical items that you wish to recover remain missing during the preview, it is
recommended that you do not proceed with the rebuild. Since the directory information for
the items that are missing was overwritten or deleted at some point previously, DiskWarrior
could not recover these items. You will need to send your disk to a professional recovery service
to recover your lost files. While in preview, you should copy as many items from your disk as
possible to another hard disk, removable media, floppy disks, etc., using the Finder. You may
need to copy the original files to several disks, depending upon the amount and size of the files
on the source and the size of the disks to which you are copying the files. Another option is to
copy only the files that you absolutely need, such as those that have changed since your last back-
up, or only your data files if you are planning to reinstall your system and applications. In either
case, it is possible that the Finder will not be able to copy all of the files you select. If the Finder
displays such an error, select “Continue” to continue copying the remainder of the files you se-
lected. When the copy operation is complete, you may want to attempt to copy the skipped files
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