jg2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jude Anand George) (11/22/87)
Is anyone else with a Mac II w/ Apple 40meg disk having problems copying files in MultiFinder 1.0? Every so often, my machine hangs in the middle of a file copy. I would like to know if this is a problem with my disk, or with Multifinder. Recently, someone posted that certain faulty hard disks showed this symptom, but mine is not within range of the serial numbers mentioned. Also, MacWrite 4.6 gives me this annoying message that some paragraphs could not be read into memory when I start up the application. What's wrong? Jude George jg2f@andrew.cmu.edu
sysop@stech.UUCP (11/30/87)
in article <oVdUkby00XoEJ080GD@andrew.cmu.edu>, jg2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jude Anand George) says: > > > Is anyone else with a Mac II w/ Apple 40meg disk having problems copying > files > in MultiFinder 1.0? Every so often, my machine hangs in the middle of a file > copy. I would like to know if this is a problem with my disk, or with > Multifinder. Recently, someone posted that certain faulty hard disks showed > this symptom, but mine is not within range of the serial numbers mentioned. > Also, MacWrite 4.6 gives me this annoying message that some paragraphs could > not be read into memory when I start up the application. What's wrong? > Jude George > jg2f@andrew.cmu.edu The symptom you cite with regard to MacWrite is evidence of a disk problem. I had that trouble with the version of MacWrite which is prior to 4.6. There apparently was a bad disk block within the file. I solved the problem by backing up everything on the disk and then reinitializing it. The reinitialization process finds and logs bad blocks, which are then not used to store data. As big a pain as it is, you should probably reinitialize your drive and try again before sending the drive back. All hard drives get a few bad blocks; the trick is to avoid trying to use them to store data ... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************