[X4U] DiskWarrior is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS

Deborah Puerini lovesalsa at cox.net
Tue Oct 11 15:21:19 PDT 2005


> On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Art wrote:
>
>> All of a sudden I got kernel panics like crazy when first starting
>> up, you know, the gray bitten apple and the rotary spinning gear at
>> the middle bottom startup screen.
>
> But, FWIW, I don't believe that describes a kernel panic at all!
> -------------
>
> On Oct 10, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Wayne wrote:
>
>> Well I cannot recommend DiskWarrior enough. All of a sudden I got
>> kernel panics like crazy when first starting up, you know, the gray
>> bitten apple and the rotary spinning gear at the middle bottom
>> startup screen. Lots of them.
>
> Glad DW helped, but what you describe is not a KP. You were having
> startup issues because the boot disk directory was damaged. Directory
> repair is all that DW does, but as had been said many times before,
> it does it very well, MOST of the time.
>
> A KP, by my definition, is a transparent dark rectangle with white
> text in multiple languages telling you you are screwed <g>, and good
> luck figuring out why or how <g>.
>>
>>
>
> Regards,
>
> Wayne Clodfelter
> wayne at troutnc.com
>

> Hi Art & Wayne
>
> OK I *do* know what a kernel panic is, I left out one important word 
> in that sentence, it should read:
> ... kernel panics like crazy when first starting up, you know, *AT* 
> the gray  bitten apple ...

> or even several words i.e.  ...kernel panics like crazy when first 
> starting up, you know, *RIGHT AFTER WHEN YOU SEE* the gray bitten 
> apple...(which of course is the multilingual you have to restart 
> screen)
>
> I HATE when I do that....
>
> Anyhoo, things are purring along so far (fingers and
> toes crossed!). Thanks Art & Wayne!!
>
> Deb in Rhode Island



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