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Article #45345Re: Hard Disk Prob., Boomerang ok?
From: Scott R. Herzinger
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 22:56
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 22:56
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In article <32814@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> harlanp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Pete Harlan) writes:
>Disk First Aid says, "Unable to verify status of disk."
>If everyone
>is having similar problems with Boomerang, perhaps Boomerang is also
>trashing my disk. If nobody else is having problems with Boomerang (a
>teriffic program) then it is more likely that Boomerang is sitting on
>a spot of crud on my hard disk. I guess.
I had (have?) a similar problem, and Boomerang is the only thing that
I've not eliminated as a problem source. I had installed Boomerang 2.0
(non-beta version), and not long after started crashing from a lot of
system errors. Same message from Disk First Aid, and much anomalous
behavior from previously well-behaved software.
I ended up reformatting my drive and reintroducing software in various
combinations, trying to isolate the problem. I didn't manage to finish
before Boomerang was only candidate left. At that point, in order
to get on with more productive activities, I decided I could get along
without Boomerang, so I've never bothered to confirm Boomerang as the
culprit.
I used a couple of Boomerang beta releases without noticing a problem.
Scott
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Scott Herzinger scotth%crl.labs.tek.com@relay.cs.net
Computer Research Lab, Tektronix, Inc.
PO Box 500 MS 50-662, Beaverton, OR 97077
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