THE PROSOFT ADVANTAGE

Why choose Prosoft Engineering?

Award-Winning Products

a) Numerous awards for each product
b) Thousands of customer testimonies and referrals
c) Free demo options to try-before-u-buy

Superior Technical Support

a) Available via phone or email, Monday - Friday 7am - 4pm PST
b) Based in our California office
c) No charge for support

Lower Cost of Ownership

a) More free updates than most companies during product cycles
b) Low cost media replacement
c) Low shipping costs or download options

Great Service

a) We pride ourselves on great customer service
b) We encourage and appreciate your valuable feedback
c) Established in 1985, over 25 years in the business

C. Booting from the Drive Genius 3 DVD

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You can boot your Mac from the Drive Genius DVD by inserting the disc, restarting your Mac, and holding down the 'c' key as your Mac starts up.


Alternatively, you can hold down the Option key as the Mac starts up, which will display all the drives available to boot from. Simply select the disk you want to boot from and click the arrow or hit return to continue starting up.

Drive Genius 3 ships on a bootable DVD created with the latest Boot DDK from Apple. The current DDK does not support the following machines:


  • MacBook Air - Released in July 2011
  • Mac Mini - Released in July 2011

For customers with this machine, you may use alternative booting methods A or B from the list below:


  1. Booting from a secondary hard drive with OS X installed on it
  2. Booting from a USB thumb drive
  3. Booting from the Drive Genius 3 DVD