I'm getting DiskWarrior 4.0 for $8.95

[Texas Mac Man]

On 2 November I ordered DW 3.0.3 as an upgrade from my prior version of 2.0. I received the CD a few days later. Then at the end of the month, Alsoft announced version 4.0.

I sent Alsoft the following email.

I just bought version 3.0.3 a few weeks ago, do I have to buy an upgrade to get version 4.0. Seems like you should have told me to wait a few weeks & I could get version 4.0.

A few hours later, I received the following response from Alsoft.

Please fax a copy of your invoice to 1-281-353-9868. Please include your name, mailing address, serial number and Visa or Mastercard number. If you purchased it within 30-45 days from today, we will only bill you shipping and handling of $8.95.

Best wishes,

Customer Service

Since I didn't have ready access to a FAX, I sent Alsoft an email with the requested information (except for the credit card number).

I had not heard back from Alsoft & the 45 day window was approaching. So I called them today. They said there is a 3 to 4 week delivery backlog for version 4.0, but I will get it then for $8.95.

The Version 3.0.3 CD includes DW for OS 9 & DW for OS X. In looking at Alsoft's web page, it appears that DW for OS 9 is not included with version 4.0. Can anyone verify this?

[kimmer]

I don't have OS 9 installed on my puter, but I found this in the manual on the CD:

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Requirements
DiskWarrior supports any Mac OS Standard (HFS) or Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disk
including RAIDs, journaled disks, case-sensitive disks, FileVaults and iPods. DiskWarrior requires a G3 Mac or better (such as a G4, G5 or Intel Core-Duo) with built-in FireWire and a minimum 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended) to startup and run from the DiskWarrior disc.

To install, your must be started from Mac OS X v. 10.3.9 or later.

The disk to be rebuilt must be locally connected, must not be write protected, and must have a valid partition map. If you plan to rebuild the directory on your startup disk, you need to start up from another disk capable of starting up Mac OS X v. 10.3.9 or later, such as the DiskWarrior Disc (refer to Rebuilding Your HFS and HFS Plus Disks on page 23 in this chapter).

[Paddy]

I would surmise that most people running OS 10.3.9 or higher haven't got separate installs of OS 9 and Alsoft figures that those needing DW 2.1 AND DW 4 who don't already own DW 2.1 or 3.x are few and far between. After all, OS X will be 6 years old this coming year (non-beta), as will Diskwarrior 2.1. In computer years, that's a long time. At Alsoft's web site in the section on system requirements for DW 4, it says the following:

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If your Mac is running Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier, DiskWarrior 2.1 is still available for purchase directly from Alsoft. Please contact our Sales Department to order.

[krissel]

DW 2.1 is small enough to email, less than 1 MB.