on 11/2/06 13:08, Ben Pazolli at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> some version of 7.6.1 was not made to work with 7x00 series > > I have installed 7.6.1 on the machine from the same CD and it has worked > perfectly. So it is definitely not this version, unless it sometimes > installs correctly and other times not. > >> did you keep all your files on the same partition/drive that you installed > on !? > > Yes I did, I didn't and still don't see much point in partitioning a 1.1GB > Hard Drive. Needless to say, I didn't expect there to be this problem. I > have abused this hard drive fairly extensively, that is to say I have > installed system over system with no effort to remove the previous ones two > or three times over and it has remained rock solid. My recent OS history of > the computer is 8.6 -> 9.1 -> 7.6.1 -> 9.1 -> 7.5.5 -> 7.6.1 -> CRASH. If > you are wondering the reason I went 9.1 -> 7.6.1 -> 9.1, I tried to get a > USB Card to work then gave up, then found some new information and tried > again. > >> diskwarrior or nortons unerase > > Good News though, a quick check of the Software Shelves and I discovered > that I have a copy of Norton Utilities for PowerMac, which includes Disk > Doctor and Unerase. I might read through the manual, but if I didn't have it > on separate partitions does that mean I am stuffed. > > Thank you for the help so far, > Ben Pazolli >
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