on 7/22/03 6:07 AM, Michael Obrecht at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, folks, long time lurker (Quadlist, too), rare caller. > > 300mhz B&W G3, 6gig, 384Mb > > Just upgraded to 9.2.1 from 8.6 so my son could play a game (MOO3), and > am tempted to go back. I have a new problem since the upgrade that may > or may not be related to the change. At random intervals, and in > various applications, the application quits and I get a little note in a > window that says my hard drive may be damaged. Sometimes I can soft > restart, booting into the 9.2.1 CD, other times it won't and I have to > do it with the button on the CPU. Check the HD with DiskFirstAid, and > it says it is OK (?!). By repeated (*%#) experimentation, I have found > that custom reinstalling just the OS fixes the problem, but doesn't > prevent it from happening again. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Michael > > Peace >
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