Alternatively, if you don't want to have two copies of your system on different partitions, you could simply run Disk Utility while booted up from the Install CD. It is identical to the Disk Utility that Mac OS X installs on your hard drive.
It's a disk maintenance program (with options to format and partition). You shouldn't lose any kind of settings simply by verifying and repairing the drive.
However, also like ScanDisk, it is not the ultimate solution to all problems. Disk Utility (and its CLI counterpart "fsck") can repair most drive errors, but for serious maintenance for if something ever goes really bad, you might consider getting a copy of Alsoft's DiskWarrior or Norton Utilities. I've had drives that were on the brink of death that DiskWarrior saved. Norton is, well, a mixed bag. He's a little buggy if you install him on OSX. Personally, I don't have either installed on the drives. Rather, I just keep the CD's safe so I can boot from them to do any repairs if necessary.
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by doing this, do you erase any settings you have? or does it [os x] know to just repair the errors?
Disk Utility : Mac OS X :: ScanDisk : Windows
It's a disk maintenance program (with options to format and partition). You shouldn't lose any kind of settings simply by verifying and repairing the drive.
However, also like ScanDisk, it is not the ultimate solution to all problems. Disk Utility (and its CLI counterpart "fsck") can repair most drive errors, but for serious maintenance for if something ever goes really bad, you might consider getting a copy of Alsoft's DiskWarrior or Norton Utilities. I've had drives that were on the brink of death that DiskWarrior saved. Norton is, well, a mixed bag. He's a little buggy if you install him on OSX. Personally, I don't have either installed on the drives. Rather, I just keep the CD's safe so I can boot from them to do any repairs if necessary.
[ 06-07-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>