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From: LGEORGE@insted.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Vader)
Orga: La Trobe University - Lincoln School of Health Sciences

In article <716@surf.sics.bu.oz>, ren@surf.sics.bu.oz (Renato
Iannella) writes: > When I try to Optimize my Hard Disk with SUMII's
Tune Up Program, it get's half way thru the process and then gives an
"Unexpected Error, cancelled. D 1" message.  Anyone had the same
problem or know why? > 
> SetUp: SE/30, 5MB RAM, 80MB HD, System 6.0.3 (Booted off a floppy)
> 
> 
> Many ThanXs,
> 
> Renato Iannella
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> Info & Comp Sciences, Bond University, Australia, 4229
> Voice: +61 75 953381  ARPA,Bit: ren%kowande.bu.oz.au@uunet.uu.net
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Yeah, I got that a few times too.  Its actually 'trying' to tell you
that it  has found a block that is allocated but not to any file, ie
the block says it  belongs but it belongs to no-one.  If you look up
the error in the manual it  simply says call us and let us know,
thanks a lot guys [gals].  What you need  to do is either of two
things.
        Launch SUM Tools, select Edit Volume under Volume, select the
volume in question, choose the "Vol Map" option under the pop-up on
the top  right of the window and look at the the very next allocated
block, ie the first  black block after the first white block.  Point
the cross of the magnifying  glass on the first black block and hold
the mouse button down... a window will  appear saying the file that
the block is associated with, whether it be a Data  fork block or
Resource fork block, the disk sector number, and the allocation 
block number.  With the mouse still down, you will notice a pop-up
menu just  to the bottom right of your mouse, saying either "allocate
block/read disk  block" if the block is un-allocated, ie white; or
"de-allocate block/read disk  block" if the block is allocated.  What
you will find is that the block you are  pointing to is allocated,
but not to a file.  You will need to de-allocate the  disk block.  My
experience with this sort of problem is that there are usually  more
than one allocated block, and SUM gets you to confirm [twice] that
you  wish to de-allocate the block.
        Your second choice is launch Disk Express.  It will analyze
the volume  and give you information regarding how many blocks are
allocated to no files.   If the number of these blocks is huge, ie
>50, then let Disk Express unfragment  the volume.  Even a quick
unfragment should do it [Disk Express 1.5].  If the  number of these
blocks is small, say 10, it might be worth doing it with SUM  Tools.
        I neither work for, or own either of the two companies that
produce the  above mentioned software, I am just a happy customer. 
My owners are mentioned  below.  Please don't let them know that I
have spoken, they don't know I can  talk.

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