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mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>mwojcik@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Michael Wojcik) wrote:
>>Even more stupid, Apple ships machines to end users WITH
>> NO SYSTEM DISKS!
>> Anyway, the General Control Panel of my friends System 7.1 just died. With
>> no system disks to work from, he's in trouble. What I need is some kind
>> soul who recently bought a Mac with system 7.1 to E Mail me a copy of the
>> Sys 7.1 General Control Panel.

>A note for anyone who owns a Performa or who has a friend who ows one.
>Apple provides a backup application with the Performa, and the
>documentation with the machines say to backup the hard disk first thing,
>and to make regular backups.
_Maybe_. What if the software was corrupted out of the box? In my experience,
this happens on at least one file on up to 5% of the drives preinstalled by
Apple or NeXT. Considering shipping, handling, maybe different orientations,
humidities, etc. between the factory and the consumer, this is pretty good.
>If Michael's friend had backed up the hard disk, he would have been able to
>recover the control panel from the backup set.
What happens if the hard disk crashes? If the System or Finder get corrupted
and you need to reinstall the system from scratch? I hope they at least get
a boot disk with Disk First Aid on it.
I don't know exactly what Apple's policy or reasoning is, but any policy that
would lead to someone begging for a minor piece of system software or taking
their computer in for warranty service for a trivial software problem seems
pretty dumb.
Perhaps better advice for Performa owners: buy the System 7.1 update kit.
$30 for system disks is a lot, but it's worth a little peace of mind. I'd
feel more confident installing system software from master disks than
installing modified second-generation backups.
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