Just my 2 cents: It seems highly likely, from your description, that your file system was corrupted before you started the Entourage archive run; this is what caused Entourage to hang. That you had to restart the Finder, then repair things with your disk, seems also to point in that direction. I seriously doubt the problem _originated_ with Entourage, although we might say that Entourage could have done a better job of detecting a problem and exiting gracefully.
On or near 8/15/04 11:09 AM, James Tummins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > This was posted about a week ago, with no response as yet. I believe it's > serious enough that project archiving should be done with great caution. > > The abbreviated sequence of events that led me to this conclusion are: > > * Attempted to archive a project with 2 emails and 4 files > * Archive began looping and Entourage had to be 'force quit' > * Associated files could not be moved or deleted by the Finder > (In fact, the Finder had to be restarted when it was attempted) > > * DiskWarrior could not repair the directory > * Disk Utility reported the limit of 100 nested folders was exceeded > * TechTool Pro identified the nested files as multiple copies of > the project files from Entourage > > * Disk format, and system rebuild resulted. > > -- > James > > > On 8/9/04 7:40 AM, "James Tummins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> An attempt to archive a small project with two emails and four files led to >> reformatting my disk, reinstalling Mac OS X, and all applications. I say >> 'led' because I don't know it was the cause. But what I've collected and am >> reporting here seems to link the events. >> >> Including the associated files in the archiving process, and possibly the >> target location, is significant in this failure; I have been able to archive >> projects that contain only email messages (no associated files) without >> problems. >> >> Given the potential (or in my case, actual) consequences, I've tried to >> provide as much documentation as possible. I have written a document of >> about 1200 words describing everything I captured, and would like to get it >> to the Mac developer at Microsoft. It includes: >> >> - Project contents and operating environment >> - Archive process and events, including the options used >> - File system diagnostics >> - Disk Warrior >> - Disk Utility >> - TechTool Pro >> - Remedy >> - Conclusion, speculations, and a request >> >> Is anyone interested in helping with this? I'm happy to send or post the >> full report. >> >> The application and processing environment included: >> >> * Office 2004 was installed, with Entourage 2004 running. I don't >> recall if any other Office applications were running. >> * Mac OS X 10.3.4 was installed >> * The machine is a Dual 1.8 GHz G5 with 1.5GB of memory >> >> -- >> James >> >> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
