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Whatever this was, I fixed it with a low level format and reload of
software (still reloading!)

David Ferrington wrote:

> I'm hoping someone is reading their news today and can help me.
>
> I have a Performer 6400 with 2Gb Hard disk running macOS 8.5 (since end
> of 1998) with HFS+
> and a DAT & Zip drives
>
> Until last week, it was fine, now however I have a strange problem - I
> can't see the Harddisk in Open dialogs.
>
> I can see it's icon on Desktop (screen), and its the startup volume.
> I can double-click the icon and open the disk, work down folders etc.
> I can get info on it.
> I can drag&drop files from my RAM disk to any folder on the HD.
> I can launch apps with a double-click & open files that way.
> I've run Disk First Aid and Norton Utils and they say it's ok.
> I've scanned it with latest SAM (1/3/99) defs I can get (I know there's
> a later one, but having trouble getting that).
> I've rebuilt the desktop and tried booting with extensions off.
> I don't have much shareware etc and very few third party extensions.
> I've updated the drivers from the 8.5 CD.
>
> It's possible I've corrupted the Finder or System, but can't just
> reinstall these.
> I can't see its icon if I boot from CD and installer hangs if I
> 'continue' before customerisation screen comes up (guess its trying for
> the disk).
> I can't turn file sharing on - alert just says 'File sharing could not
> be enabled'
>
> I 'could' re-format the disk since I've just made a backup with
> Retrospect, but I'm worried I won't be able to get the disk back and I
> really need this baby right now.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> David Ferrington