On or about 12/5/03 10:43 PM, chris ever-so-carefully typed: >>I have been having computer problems lately and after several crashes took >>it into a shop for service. They put OS 9.2.2 on for me, an upgrade from >>8.6. But I still had more crashes and problems causing me to reinstall >>some of my latest software such as Adobe Illustrator 7.0, Adobe Photoshop >>4.0, Adobe InDesign 1.0 and I have been trying to bring over needed >>Extensions etc. from the Previous System Folder as the need occurs. >>But two days ago I had to run my Norton SystemWorks 2.0 and it showed that >>all my files had bad modification dates and so I used the Fix All command >>and they were supposedly fixed. However yesterday I noticed all my file >>dates now show Dec. 31, 2039 and new files are dated as if we are in a new >>year 2040. You can see this in my email Header date line. >>And to make matters worse I cannot use Norton SystemWorks for part way >>through there is an error message saying there is a memory problem and >>Norton cannot finish the examination. > >This is AMAZINGLY off topic for this list... but hey, we tend to do that >here. > >First, check your Date/Time control panel, and make sure the correct date >and time are shown. > >Next, get a hard drive utility and check the condition of the hard drive >(SystemWorks may do it, I'm not sure, I don't really know anything about >it, I've lost a lot of faith in Symantec recently and haven't been >keeping up with their stuff). > >Run Disk First Aid. > > >This sounds like a bad hard drive.
Norton hasn't been with it since Peter un-crossed his arms and re-buttoned his cuffs. I recently used Alsoft Disk Warrior to substantially repair two hard disks that had been made *much* worse by attempted repairs with Norton. I've never known Disk First Aid to make anything worse. Roger Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. -- Bertrand Russell ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
