User`s guide

DigiDrive Guide 22
Using Disk First Aid
Disk First Aid is a drive directory structure repair
tool that is supplied with each system by Apple
Computer, Inc. This tool can find and repair
many basic directory structure problems to help
keep your drives functioning properly.
You should use Disk First Aid when your system
is reporting drive errors or when files on the
drive cannot be opened and used by Digidesign
software.
You can find a copy of Disk First Aid in one of
the following locations:
◆ The Utilities folder on the system drive
◆
The system software CD-ROM that came with
your system
Repairing DigiDrives with Disk First Aid
To repair a DigiDrive:
1 Open the Utilities folder on the Digidesign (or
system) drive.
2 Double-click the Disk First Aid icon to start
the application. The Disk First Aid window
opens (Figure 19). This window contains all the
necessary controls for you to run Disk First Aid.
3 Select the drive you want to verify and repair
by clicking on the drive icon in the Drive Selec-
tion window. An alert box opens if you are
checking a drive with open files or a shared drive
(Figure 20). You can only verify these drives
while they are not in use. Click OK to close the
alert box.
4 Verify and repair the selected drive by clicking
the Repair button. Disk First Aid scans the direc-
tory structures, reports any problems, repairs
the selected drive (if possible), and reports the
results.
5 If Disk First Aid reports that the selected drive
cannot be verified or repaired, follow the steps
in “If Drive Status Cannot Be Verified” on
page 22.
6 Choose Quit from the File menu when you are
finished.
If Drive Status Cannot Be Verified
If Disk First Aid is unable to verify or repair the
DigiDrive:
1 If possible, copy all media files and other data
files to another drive.
2 Try using Norton Disk Doctor to repair the
drive. See “Using Norton Disk Doctor” on
page 23.
You should run Disk First Aid regularly as a
proactive method of avoiding drive prob-
lems.
Figure 19. Disk First Aid—controls
Figure 20. Disk Repair failure notification