> > > >>> You do seem to have two identical '.' directories at the root of the > >>> drive; no additional characters showed up. > > What confuses me is why this problem wasn't found clearly and > obviously with Disk Utility using verify? >
OK , I opened up disk utility, clicked on verify permissions, holy smokers what a pile of 'should be' files. So I clicked 'repair permissions', took 10 minutes, Then I went back to Disk Inventory X, but see no differences, still have a lost 40 acres of hard drive hiding under a period. Next, for fun I tried Disk Inventory X on the backup (made by CCC) of said partition and - Lo Behold!, the mystery '.' folder is gone and it is now down to 9 gig from 14. So good 'ol CCC seemed to have come to the rescue. I still would like to get my hands on whatever is inside that 5 gigs ( the jpgs in particular - to be sure that I have backups of them) before I dump this monster. You folks are de besta Del --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
