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>>>>> On 28 Jul 90 17:11:16 GMT, Bill.Carney@f625.n159.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bill Carney) said:
Bill> You'll have to backup and then reformat that partition.  Happens all
Bill> the time, especially if the system gurus in the middle of a write to
Bill> the HD.

_Often_, you can get rid of the validation error by simply deleting the
file(s) being written to (or left open) when the system guru'ed.

Doesn't always work, but it usually has for me.  The trick is to identify
which files were open when the system crashed.  (I _assume_ only files left
open for writing would be affected, but I haven't had the nerve to engage
in thorough testing of this on my own hard drive. :-)

Question for the OS/disk experts: Is it possible for an AmigaOS program to
open a file for writing and then exit _normally_ (no guru or power failure)
without closing the file, possibly creating a validation error?  (Exclude
programs directly accessing the disk device)

Question for C=: If this is possible, are there plans to correct this in a
future release?

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