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2 total messages Started by NTVO910 Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00

#517

Author: NTVO910
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00

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I accidently deleted my hard drive (ha) on my PowerPC due to a freeze using
good ole Norton Utilities.  So when I went back in with UnErase there were five
files... Desktop DB, Desktop DF, Finder, System, and a happy little EMPTY text
file name Where_have_all_may_files_gone?   Hmm... What's up with that?  And now
when I install Mac OS 8.1 I cannot initialize to Extended format... THAT'S
MESSED UP.... any one wanna give me some ideas of the causes of these
happenings?

Thanks, 
Brady

Re: My computer

#518

Author: Paul Durrant
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:00

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In article <19981119181506.21719.00000142@ng80.aol.com>,
ntvo910@aol.com (NTVO910) wrote:

> I accidently deleted my hard drive (ha) on my PowerPC due to a freeze using
> good ole Norton Utilities.  So when I went back in with UnErase there were five
> files... Desktop DB, Desktop DF, Finder, System, and a happy little EMPTY text
> file name Where_have_all_may_files_gone?   Hmm... What's up with that?  And now
> when I install Mac OS 8.1 I cannot initialize to Extended format... THAT'S
> MESSED UP.... any one wanna give me some ideas of the causes of these
> happenings?

It sounds like your drive was in Mac OS Extended format. It further sounds
like you've tried to use a version of Norton on it that doesn't understand
Mac OS Extended format. The files you're seeing with Unerase are part of
the Mac OS Standard format 'wrapper' that is part of the Extended format
for use when you mount and Extended disk on a pre-8.1 system.

Tech Tool Pro may be able to rescue your disk - I think I remember reading
somewhere that it could repair the damage old Norton does to Mac OS
Extended format disks.

Paul Durrant

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