Isn't it possible that the disk had corruption that preceded the attempt to export and that exporting the project was tripped up? My experiences with project exporting have not produced any of the results you describe.
-Remo Del Bello -- "I feel that there is a world market for as many as five computers" - Thomas Watson, IBM corp., 1943 > From: James Tummins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:09:01 -0600 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Project Archiving led to disk reformat > > 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/> > -- 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/>
