![]() Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can.” “macOS can’t repair the disk “The Other Drobo.”You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes to files on the disk. So I tried my next line of defense, Drive Genius… Drive Genius Failed, Tooĭrive Genius had a different alert I also don’t recall seeing before: Drive Genius can’t mount “The Other Drobo.”Ĭannot Mount Drive. Then, DiskWarrior Fixed It (Three Times)! ‘The Other Drobo’ is either not formatted or is a system owned drive that should not be used.” Note that both the Repair and Rebuild options are grayed out and unavailable.Īt this point, it seemed my only option was to erase (reformat) the recalcitrant disks. The big benefit was that I didn’t lose half a day erasing and restoring disks and got back to work in half an hour instead of half a day.ĭiskWarrior succeeded after both others failed… Instead, I tried DiskWarrior, which repaired the disk damage after rebuilding and replacing the drive’s directories, all in around 30 minutes. ![]() In the past four months, I have had three disks failures that Disk Utility and Drive Genius could not repair but that DiskWarrior could. (For what it’s worth, all three have performed flawlessly since their repair).ĭoes that mean you shouldn’t try Disk Utility’s First Aid or buy Drive Genius? Absolutely not. Disk Utility is faster, easier, and free. If it works, you’ve saved time and money. ![]() And, Drive Genius has many other disk analysis and maintenance options not available in the others, including Find Duplicates, Clone, Defragment, and Malware Scan to name a few.ĭiskWarrior is a one-trick pony, but that pony can often repair damaged hard (or solid-state) disks when other apps can’t. So, at least in my humble opinion, DiskWarrior is the one to get if you’re only going to get one.ĭisk Utility. Is a lot of misinformation and confusion on this topic. Currently, no utility can rebuild the directory of APFS disks on Mac. That includes DiskWarrior (the best in the repair arsenal), TechTool Pro (second choice) and Drive Genius (third choice). Worst of all, macOS versions above 10.12 Sierra re-format disks as APFS, so users are left in the cold.
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