Actually, I've been poking around and I can't access most of my old documents (even the ones that were Word files).
Here's what happens: OS X seems to be working except. . . when I try to open old document it doesn't immediately open them in Classic (as the books say). I can go to classic to open some applications but not documents. When I start my computer it goes into OSX and on the desktop I get two disk images HD and HD2. At first I thought HD2 was the old drive but then sometimes when I boot up I get HD, HD2 and Old Drive. So then I thought HD2 was the second partition. The contents of HD seem to be pretty much OSX. HD2 has two folders; "Desktop" which is empty and "Backup" which appears to have everything that was on my old drive. When "Old Drive" shows up it has "Backup" and and empty "Desktop" but "Backup" only has OS 9 stuff (not my documents). When I go to set a new startup disk from X I'm given a choice of OS 9.2 on HD or OS 10.2.3 on HD (no mention of HD2 or Old Drive although I did get more options one of the times I did this). If I start up in 9.2 it restarts and part way through the screen resolution changes and then I'm given a desktop with none of the settings I had previously. Then I get a message asking me to initialize the disk and a little yellow dialog box that says the "Drive HD" is damaged (I thought before it said that "Old Drive" was damaged but now I'm not sure what it said the last few times I booted into OS9. When I go into the "Backup" folder while I'm in 9 I can't access any of my old stuff (or I can sporadically access things). The Word2000 documents won't open and I get a message saying that I need to have OSX (and when I'm in OSX some of the old Word files give me the option of selecting Word X to open them and some simply say they can't be opened). Like I said, I can't get to the applications while in OS9; instead of program icons I have document icons and they won't open. When I look in "OS X The Missing Manual" he makes it sound as though you can reboot in 9 and use it just like you used to. And if you're in X you can effortlessly get access through Classic. These parts don't seem to be communicating on my machine. I am wondering if the tech guy wiped out my OS 9 stuff completely and all I have left are file directories (so I can see listings) and the 9.2 system software but not all the files. I backed up my documents before the upgrade but if I can't really go back and forth between OSX and OS 9 I'm not going to find this upgrade useful. Any suggestions for figuring this puzzle out would be most appreciated. Anastasia Coles -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
