Hi list,

Am going to work this week for a company that has a G4 with 2 internal 
drives.  One of the drives (not partitioned) has 2 OSX system folders 
on it,  one is 10.2.3(I think) and one is Panther.  Classic is 
installed on this drive as well.  The other drive has only 9.2.2 on it, 
so that's not a problem.  How they ended up with 2 OSX systems on one 
drive is a mystery to me.  Whoever did the installations is long gone!

They tell me they have had LOTS of crashes and if I'm going to produce 
their prep work,  I'll have to TRY to get things running smoothly, as 
they don't have anyone else to do it.  I just had a chance to glance at 
their setup so, will know more later.  My question is - can I safely 
just trash the old system folder without any residual pieces hanging 
around?  I've been working in 10.2.8 - but I'm not that familiar with 
the "inner workings" of OSX yet.  I've certainly found it's nothing 
like maneuvering around OS9!  I all else fails,  will an archive and 
reinstall of Panther retain all their current settings, network, users, 
etc.?

I've already suggested they buy Disk Warrior, Tech Tool Pro, etc., 
since they have nothing for repair except Apple's utilities.  However,  
I feel the problem with the system folders needs to be addressed before 
I try any of the above.

Thanks for any input!

LLL



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