Comments on: Drive Genius V2.1 DVD MAC OSX-HOTiSO

By: blebeg

blebeg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:48:29 +0000

I actually cloned my 2yr old MacBookPro (running tiger) on to a partitioned Firewire ext hdd.. and It works! manage to boot other MBPs as well as iMacs with it, but not the unibody tho… i used a software called xupport to do the cloning. And the reason i started this 'project' is to stop the overheat problem when playing World of Warcraft, and it runs smoother! Cool Surprise!

By: mac_user

mac_user — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:57:36 +0000

@jeebus/ethan

thanks for the info guys!

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:36:36 +0000

Don't run a program like this off of a DVD if you're doing anything labor intensive like defragging an entire HD. OSX is designed to run off of media like a DVD – because if you run out of RAM, then you're boned. You really should run it off of a separate partition or HD. Just my 2 cents.

By: jeebus

jeebus — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:01:07 +0000

"Can anyone help with how to make a bootable CD for Mac?"

It won't fit on a (700mb) CD. DVD only. But it will be bootable (provided your Mac will run 10.5.3, that is).

"I also would like to know how can I run this app direct from a disk?"

Without another hard disk (or at least a separate partition), your only other recourse is to burn the .dmg to DVD using Disk Utility.

Open Disk Utility. Drag the (unmounted) .dmg file into the left "Volumes" pane of Disk Utility. Select it and click the "Burn" button. Insert a blank DVD (if you haven't already). Burn.

You end up with a bootable (10.5.3) DVD. Restart with the DVD. When prompted, enter your name and the serial# to activate and you're good to go.

Do yourself a favor and make sure you have a current and tested backup before attempting defragmentation/optimization (or just about any other kind of major disk repair–for that matter, you should have a current and tested backup regardless).

Better safe than sorry.

By: mac_user

mac_user — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:16:10 +0000

I also would like to know how can I run this app direct from a disk? Some of the features of this software (most importantly the defrag) require you to run it from another disk. As my mac only has one partition on one disk I am unable to use it. Any suggestions?

By: relius78

relius78 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:15:27 +0000

I actually figured out a way around it. If you put the application on another hard drive running OSX and boot from that drive, it works just like the bootable CD. (or close enough for me anyway.)