In cases like this manual action should be taken (you know meaning doing it manually). Start placing preference files in groups of two or three in the NEW preferences folder and restart every time. With folders do the whole thing but put one at a time (I think that's what Conflict Catcher does anyway). This is the BEST way, better than any program since sometimes they don't recognize/see some problems AT ALL! Not to mention I've had Conflict Catcher freeze on startup a lot of times, so I eliminated it.
I've learned to replace programs like "Spring Cleaning" with "manual action" :) Believe me it is better and safer. To find duplicates, Sherlock's is very helpful and you are sure you're not erasing something that may be the same size and have the same characteristics but it's not the same file (it HAS happened to me, specially with text files). It's time consuming, but if you get used to arranging things by their type in folders (Movies, Images, Documents, Pictures, Text Documents, MP3s, etc.) it's a lot easier and you can't go wrong. I have about 8 partitions in two harddrive and have found that I have copies of the same files in different folders in EACH of the volumes! The best backup you can have is a spare drive inside your own mac, that you can start from in case the other one misbehaves. My 2�. Liliana Tim Roberts wrote: > Helo, > > A couple of questions if I may. They both are as a result of some > problems I ma experiencing with startup on my 9600/ g3-450. OS9.1 > > 1) Virtually every time I start up, the screen freezes just at the > point where the startup disc appears. A friend suggested starting with > extensions off - works well - and then pulling the preferences folder to > the desktop and re-starting. This works but really I'd like to know how > to isolate the problem rather tha usig this method every time I start up. > > I have tried using conflict catcher but it seems to be giving > contradictory results. > > I have also tried using techtool and diskwarrior, but any improvement > lasts until the next startup. > > 2) the second question is kind of related because when I re-start with > the prefernces folder on the desktop, of course the settings are gone. > Is there any way of getting the macjine to remember some settigs. I > particular I would like it to remember TCP/IP as I have to re-set that > to use the adsl modem. and the monitors. Some admin keystrokes when I > open those panels for example? > > Thanks in advance > > Tim Roberts > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
