dubach1@husc9.harvard.edu (joev dubach) (03/27/91)
I just got a Mac IIsi, and have been busy installing applications on the 80mb apple hard disk. I'm running system 6.0.7 with the standard release package. The computer has bombed a lot, sometimes randomly, sometimes because of incompatible software (like StudioSession); usually these errors are things like Coprocessor Not Installed or Address Error. Recently, after one of these bombs, I restarted the computer and found that about 60% of the file/folders in my main directory had vanished. On closer inspection, I discovered that every file/folder alphabetically after "Games" had disappeared. I used Norton Utilities' Disk Doctor, and it said it had fixed some problems with the Catalog Tree, but that there were some things it couldn't fix. When I tried the Disk Editor, all of my files were visible, with the hierarchy and everything; nothing had been corrupted. (Also, in my main directory, the Finder said there was xxxK in disk, where xxx was the amount taken up by everything, not just the things I could see.) I could look at these files and even recover them to a floppy with a friend's SUM Disk Clinic. Odlly, Norton's Fast Find could "see" the missing files as well, while Apple's Find File could not. The weird thing is that the hard disk boots fine, even though I _can't_ see the system folder. All the inits are there, too. I can even run some applications that I had installed in On Cue's menu, even though I can't see them through the Finder. Has anyone else had this kind of a disk crash? If so, how did you fix it? It seems that if Norton knows where everything should be in the hierarchy, there should be an application that can find and restore this information to the Finder's clutches. Post or e-mail me if you have any ideas. Joev Dubach dubach1@husc9 -- ---- >>>>>>> <<<<<<< ^^^^^^^ * * || dubach1@husc9.harvard.edu > < < ^ * * || > < < ^^^^^^ * * || > > < < ^ * * || >>>> <<<<<<< ^^^^^^ * ||
dubach1@husc9.harvard.edu (joev dubach) (03/28/91)
I just got a Mac IIsi, and have been busy installing applications on the 80mb apple hard disk. I'm running system 6.0.7 with the standard release package. The computer has bombed a lot, sometimes randomly, sometimes because of incompatible software (like StudioSession); usually these errors are things like Coprocessor Not Installed or Address Error. Recently, after one of these bombs, I restarted the computer and found that about 60% of the file/folders in my main directory had vanished. On closer inspection, I discovered that every file/folder alphabetically after "Games" had disappeared. I used Norton Utilities' Disk Doctor, and it said it had fixed some problems with the Catalog Tree, but that there were some things it couldn't fix. When I tried the Disk Editor, all of my files were visible, with the hierarchy and everything; nothing had been corrupted. (Also, in my main directory, the Finder said there was xxxK in disk, where xxx was the amount taken up by everything, not just the things I could see.) I could look at these files and even recover them to a floppy with a friend's SUM Disk Clinic. Odlly, Norton's Fast Find could "see" the missing files as well, while Apple's Find File could not. The weird thing is that the hard disk boots fine, even though I _can't_ see the system folder. All the inits are there, too. I can even run some applications that I had installed in On Cue's menu, even though I can't see them through the Finder. Has anyone else had this kind of a disk crash? If so, how did you fix it? It seems that if Norton knows where everything should be in the hierarchy, there should be an application that can find and restore this information to the Finder's clutches. Post or e-mail me if you have any ideas. Joev Dubach Addendum: I posted this on comp.sys.mac, and got back a reply which suggested that the invisible bits might have been turned on, but I checked and that was not the case. I've also tried rebuilding the desktop to no avail. Also, if it means anything to you, Norton reports unfixable problems with fLinks and bLinks. -- ---- >>>>>>> <<<<<<< ^^^^^^^ * * || dubach1@husc9.harvard.edu > < < ^ * * || > < < ^^^^^^ * * || > > < < ^ * * || >>>> <<<<<<< ^^^^^^ * ||