Hello Beth, The files themselves are physically stored in an almost linear fashion (if you were to look at a map of the drive), they get all of "nested" folder views from how they are arranged in the directory file.
Rather than just re-install let me suggest to you the following: 1) back-up the files that are critical by copying them to another drive 2) Zero the drive out (re-format) 3) Copy the files back. This will give you a couple of pluses that will make things run smoother for you, in that you will replace the master directory file with a new one and get a quick version of de-fragmenting the drive. Your machines will probably seem like it is running considerably faster for apps that use the drive a lot. (As an aside, you might also want to consider de-fragmenting the other machines -- they will run faster as well). You mentioned that you have Tech Tool Pro, this has the de-fragmenting utilities in it. Jerry p.s. Uh, de-fragging a drive can take a while, depending on how big the drive is, how many files are on it, how badly fragmented they are, etc. On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 09:59 AM, Beth Ernst wrote: > Ok. I know you guys are the experts here, so I won't go chastising > anyone. Like I said, I've seen some strange things, but never saw a > machine indiscriminately move files to another location. But if the > directory has been corrupted I could see that happening. Guess I'm in > for a reinstall and a road trip to our remote location. It was probably > time anyway, I need to get away from my desk for awhile. > > Thanks for the help! > Beth > >> ---------- >> From: Ward Oldham >> >> These are just indications that this Mac suffered severe directory >> corruption. >> > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
