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Chris Bennett <chris@lunedale.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:
> 
> > hmm - interesting.  What's the version number of the latest Disk First
> > Aid?  And do you know if it's available as a stand-alone download from
> > Apple?
> 
> Mine says it's version 8.2. I think that's the latest, or very nearly.
> Seem to remember it was a download from Apple, I'm sure you'll find it.
> Unfortunately I trashed my Anarchie log a couple of days ago as it had
> grown to huge proportions and I thought "I'll never need that..."

<chuckle>  Ever the way...

> It's the version that also gives a wild guestimate of time remaining to
> check and is more appearance savvy (get your priorites right!). Best of
> all, I've found it is *scriptable*! I'm sure earlier versions weren't.
> Now my script to auto-check after a crash works properly without
> horrible kludges.

I see - thanks very much for this :-)

Just had a peek.  Apple says this about DFA 8.2:

> Description:
> Disk First Aid is a utility that verifies and repairs some problems
> that may occur on your hard disk drive. This version of Disk First Aid
> repairs some kinds of damage to a Mac OS Extended volume caused by
> disk repair utilities that are not compatible with Mac OS Extended
> format. Note that Disk First Aid may not be able to repair all
> problems caused by incompatible disk repair utilites, but it will make
> the hard disk icon available on the desktop again, so that the hard
> disk can be reformatted and the data restored from backup. For
> complete information, please see the documentation included with this
> software.

But also:

> Disk First Aid 8.2 is intended for 68040 and PowerPC-based Macintosh
> computers using Mac OS 8.1. Disk First Aid 8.2 has been tested only
> with the U.S. English version of Mac OS 8.1.

It's easily found in the `software updates' section of Apple's web site.

Rowland.


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