http://www.daniweb.com/forums/ en-US Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:12:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.daniweb.com/alphaimages/misc/rss.jpg http://www.daniweb.com/forums/ http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread230849.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:05:31 GMT Boomerang Data Recovery www.boomdrs.com/ WARNING do NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE. I did and got burnt. It’s bugged and crashes. I was trying to recover a 1T drive so the scan would take over 8 hours to get 50% of the way, then crash. I tried repeatedly before contacting tech support. They replied one... Boomerang Data Recovery www.boomdrs.com/ WARNING do NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE.

I did and got burnt. It’s bugged and crashes. I was trying to recover a 1T drive so the scan would take over 8 hours to get 50% of the way, then crash. I tried repeatedly before contacting tech support. They replied one line saying I needed send a log as proof. I did and received another one line email saying use the latest version. I was using the latest version on their site so replied asking where do I find the later version? I was unable to get any more replies from out of them, so after persisting with the software for two weeks, I still was no closer to recovering my data, I wasted near two weeks of time and blew USD 280. The experience left me suspecting that the whole thing is just an Internet fraud. I can’t imagine a reputable software producer would release such an tested product and provide such poor back up. ]]> Burnt http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread230849.html http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread227455.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:46:45 GMT Best of the weekend to everyone!

This 5 year old iBook (256 MB RAM, 600 MHz CPU, OSX 10.4) has been faithfully operating until recently. It "locked up" and was allowed to shut down normally (but very slowly).

Now when attempting to start the machine, it slowly brings up the BIOS splash page (gray background). On pressing "C" on startup it shows the folder with a happy face alternating with "?". It then eventually shows a circle with a diagonal line on the screen and goes no further. I am unable to get it to access either the Tiger operating system CD or our Diskwarrior CD.

Where do I go next for troubleshooting? Do I need to open the case and inspect? I suspect hardware problems. This is like nothing I or my partner have ever seen before with Macs. We use and repair Macs, Windows and CentOS machines in our business. ]]> SonicSpider http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread227455.html