tschofe@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (martin ric tschofen) (04/16/91)
A friend of mine has a big problem with his Mac. After his last system crash part of the files in his system folder vanished, actually he can only find files starting with the letters a and b. I saw a topic talking about something similar where a harddrive went berserk and the person could only see files from a-l. Somebody I tought wrote a little program that solved the problem. He is using a SE with a Quantum PS40 and Sys. 6.0.5. After rebuting he switched off all his inits and cdevs. Please send email to hill@ucs.indiana.edu as he has no access to the net. Or re post the solutions. Thanks in advance. tschofe@ucs.indiana.edu
dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr16.011051.7788@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, tschofe@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (martin ric tschofen) writes: > A friend of mine has a big problem with his Mac. > After his last system crash part of the files in his system folder > vanished, actually he can only find files starting with the letters > a and b. > I saw a topic talking about something similar where a harddrive went berserk > and the person could only see files from a-l. > Somebody I tought wrote a little program that solved the problem. > He is using a SE with a Quantum PS40 and Sys. 6.0.5. > After rebuting he switched off all his inits and cdevs. > > Please send email to hill@ucs.indiana.edu as he has no access to the net. > Or re post the solutions. > Thanks in advance. > > tschofe@ucs.indiana.edu Just reinstall the system software. Pull all of the inits/CDEVs out (presumably you will have to replace the ones beginning with a & b, but he had backups, right? :-) ) Boot from a floppy, throw away the system folder on the quantum and reinstall *6.0.7*. If this is a thoroughly distastful thought, use resedit to "get info" about the sys files that are not seen to see if somehow the invisible file checkbox got marked. -- Rob Dewhirst Sysop: The MacRocosm BBS - (913) 841-9446 < --Best route AOL:Echopapa <-- Okay route FAX 9138652639 <-- So so route dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu <-- Yuck! "A computer without a modem is like a sportscar without wheels -- it's fun to sit behind, but it won't take you anywhere!"