My wife's MacBook Pro recently crashed (luckily was only the OS so we didn't lose any data) while backing up to Time Capsule. That event has prompted me to explore getting a disc utility like Techtool Pro for her Mac as well as my MacBook Pro. However I run Windows XP SP3 on my machine under a virtual machine using Fusion (1.1.3 build 94249). I currently have Norton Anti-virus for Mac and Norton Internet Security for the XP OS (even though I only use it for Quicken). I am running 10.5.4 on my machine.
My question: can I safely use Techtool Pro to deal with any disc issues if I'm also running XP under the Fusion virtual machine? Will it corrupt the c:\ drive under XP? Would I also need a Windows-based utility to repair any problems with the c:\ drive under XP or will those be taken care of using Techtool Pro? My gut tells me that I need both because only the Windows based utility can optimize the c: drive under XP as well as fix any disc errors on the c:\ drive.
Any help on this topic would be appreciated. My search of this forum did not turn up answers to these questions. Thanks.
