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I use SPSS Pc extensively (the Dos version).  Lately, I have been
experienceing odd data file corruption.  FOr example, I will run a
frequencies and everything is ok, run it five minutes later on the same
file and I get oddball values (e.g. -999, 1002039, 27 for a var with
values 1,3,5).
 
ALso, I get trashed system files sometimes.  I read a file fine.  A day
later, I am told that spss pc cannot read a damaged system file.
 
Possible causes: stacker: removed it, still happened.
                 network: put datafiles on pc, still happened.
                 compressed files: decompressed, still happened.
                 bad Harddisk, possibly, but no other program, stats
                                  database, otherwise having problems.
                                  only spss-pc.
 
My question: has *anyone* else out there had problems with spss-pc files
that sound similar?  I am just trying to isolate the problem.
 
Thanks.  Send responses to:
 Gronke@acpub.duke.edu   or
 Paul_Gronke@bbs.oit.unc.edu or
 Gronke@dukemvs.bitnet
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