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In article <1997120319023813755@roxley.demon.co.uk>, Mark Etherington
<mark@roxley.demon.co.uk> writes
>Keith Crook <keith@valperga.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <19971130191920120592@roxley.demon.co.uk>,
>> mark@roxley.demon.co.uk (Mark Etherington) wrote:
>> 
>> >I can't seem to get at Apple's technical sites in order to confirm this,
>> >but it seems like the 8500/120 needs something (an enabler?) that's part
>> >of System 7.5.5 in order to boot. If this particular thing is in 7.5.5
>> >it will be in any later versions, so 7.6.1 will be fine (make sure it's
>> >a licensed copy!). It is also essential to perform a 'clean install', so
>> >you leave any gungey parts of your old system behind.
>> 
>> Just on the point of having a system enabler: System 7.5.3 does have
>> "System Enabler 827" but System 7.6.1 does NOT.  It messed up my display
>> when left in by an "Easy Install".  Your advice on a clean install would
>> have prevented me from having this difficulty.
>
>It occurs to me that if you want a _really_ clean install, you should
>backup your drive, do a low level format, install a new System Folder,
>and then gradually transferback everything that hasn't been corrupted.
>Not a bad idea after a virus attack, but you can wave goodbye to doing
>anything else that day. Just a thought.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mark
>
>--
>Mark Etherington
>mark@roxley.demon.co.uk

Thanks for responses to date. My main problem was that the de-virused
and damaged system was 7.5.5 and although I had upgrade floppy disks
from version 7.3.1 to 7.5.5 the machine would not accept them -
presumably because the disks themselves were 7.3.1. Because the machine
stores the current version of the OS in non-volatile memory it is only
possible to upgrade the OS to a higher version. In my case 7.6.1 or
8.0.0. The user decided it would be quite nice to try out version 8 so
that I have upgraded their Mac to 8.0.0.
The upgrade was flawless and their applications, documents and data are
still in tact. I was quite impressed with the new OS and relieved I
didn't have to back-up the 1 gig and do a raw install. Come to think of
it - given my comments above - how would I have re-initialised the drive
to version 7.3.1 so that I could then upgrade back to 7.5.5 ?
The user has now invested in more efficient anti-virus software and
promised to back-up their system in a proper manner.

Cheers,  
-- 
Dave Besnard