On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:37 PM, D Stubbs wrote:
> 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 Well you repaired permissions but did you verify your disk? I'm thinking about Catalog B Trees, cross-linking, volume bitmaps- these kids of issues. I would not try a repair without a full backup but merely looking at permissions won't do much. Everyone always also recommends DiskWarrior but that costs $99. I'm also beginning to think that you may have fond evidence that dark matter exists- maybe your drive has somehow tapped into gravitational space outside the future cone of light! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
