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Welcome to DiskWarrior

Chapter 1: Introduction 10

When Should I Rebuild My Directory with DiskWarrior?

Obviously, you should run DiskWarrior when you suspect that there is directory damage on one

of your disks. Directory damage can result in the disk not mounting (not appearing on the

Desktop when the computer is started), missing ﬁles or folders, or crashes when ﬁles are used.

You will also ﬁnd DiskWarrior useful when another program reports directory damage.

The best use of DiskWarrior is for preventative maintenance of your disks. Many forms of

directory damage do not manifest themselves until long after the damage has actually occurred.

You can prevent this damage from escalating by running DiskWarrior on your disks regularly.

Alsoft recommends that you run DiskWarrior once a month. DiskWarrior will rebuild your disk

directory, eliminating all existing directory damage. The directory DiskWarrior creates is also

optimized for maximum directory performance, and this will speed up the performance of your

disk. You will ﬁnd doing this regular maintenance of your directories more useful than

rebuilding your Desktop.

What Is Directory Optimization?

In a directory, there is a logical order and a physical order of the ﬁle and folder information that

is stored. The logical order is based on the name of the ﬁles and the creation order of folders.

The physical order depends upon the available free space on the disk and space within the

directory made available as ﬁles are deleted and added. Creating and deleting ﬁles makes the

physical order less like the logical order as ﬁles and folders are added to the directory where

space is available. Directory searches are performed using the logical order of the directory. As

the physical order becomes less like the logical order, the drive mechanism must move more to

follow the logical order.

Nearly everything uses a search based upon logical order to ﬁnd ﬁles, including Spotlight, the

Finder, applications that search for their preference ﬁles, applications that build font menus, and

open dialogs. DiskWarrior optimizes the directory, improving the speed of all of these activities

and many more. Other programs may not provide the true directory optimization provided by

DiskWarrior.

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