Here are the differences between Disk First Aid 8.1 and 7.2.4:
- Disk First Aid 8.1 has been updated to support Mac OS 8.1's new Mac OS Extended Format.
- Disk First Aid 8.1 now incorporates the File Manager's built in verification and repair functionality called "MountCheck". By including the MountCheck code in Disk First Aid (DFA) 8.1, DFA guarantees that it will catch all the same things MountCheck finds during startup.
- Disk First Aid 8.1 is more thorough than Disk First Aid 7.2.4 at rebuilding directory catalogues if minor problems are found.
- Disk First Aid 8.1 now checks for custom icon problems for all folders, not just the root of the hard drive.
- Users can now mount a drive by double-clicking the drive's icon in Disk First Aid 8.1.
- Disk First Aid 8.1 includes more error messages than DFA 7.2.4.
To incorporate all of these updated features, Disk First Aid 8.1 has grown to about 156K in size for the version included on the Mac OS 8.1 CD. A smaller version of Disk First Aid 8.1 is included on the Mac OS 8.1 Disk Tools PPC disk which is around 96K. This version functions identically to the CD version but has compressed and reduced resources that enable it to fit on the Disk Tools disk.