[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Ghost files from DiskExpress II???

miller@rsmas.miami.edu (06/29/90)

I have a GCC Hyperdrive on which I tried doing a disk optimization using the 
GCC software which came with the drive... it bombed saying that a 
DiskExpress file was locked and that the optimization could not be done. 
I had DiskExpress II on the disk for a few days several months ago but 
deleted it after deciding it was not of use to me. I have scanned every 
folder on the disk and can find nothing having to do with DE II at the 
present time. 

So... did DE II leave something nasty on my hard drive??? If 
so, how can I find it??? How can I get rid of it???

Any help will be most appreciated.
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blm@6sceng.UUCP (Brian Matthews) (07/04/90)

In article <7729.268a32cd@rsmas.miami.edu> miller@rsmas.miami.edu writes:
|So... did DE II leave something nasty on my hard drive??? If 
|so, how can I find it??? How can I get rid of it???

Not nasty, just an invisible locked file.  DiskExpress II puts a file
called [DiskExpress Activity Log] (yes, the name includes the []'s) on
each volume it monitors (or optimizes?).  As I said, the file is locked
and invisible.  You should be able to remove it using any program or DA
that allows you to lock and unlock invisible files (or you could make it
visible and then remove it from the Finder).  DiskTop and ResEdit I know
will do it (I just tried), but I'm sure there are lots of others.
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Brian L. Matthews	blm@6sceng.UUCP