At 1:27 AM -0700 10/29/04, Telcontar wrote: > > Report: > > 1. "The boot Blocks are damaged and will be repaired after replacing the > directory." > >hm, I wonder if the Mac crashed during the first boot after Explorer crashed it? But >yeah, that explanation figures :) > > > 2. "The System folder was blessed." (I'd never seen that in a report till now > Bill!) > >To be honest, I think that's bogus. Disk Warrior said the same about my drive when it >was so toasted I don't think I even had a system folder *left* any more -- some bits >of what used to be in there were all thrown in a big rescued items folder along with >most of what else was recovered from the drive. Blessing that is about as good as >trying to give a person run over and flattened by a steamroller, some paracetamol :) > >Disk Warrior is probably reporting that whether it succeeds in the task or not. >Still, it did a lot better than Norton which broke the drive to begin with (the >reason being, it seems, that as it was trying to make repairs, it was making mistakes >that caused more damage and it spiralled out of control until the directory was so >destroyed only Disk Warrior could read what was left)
Hi Telcontar, Thanks for the in-depth! I remember you from other lowend lists when I was a mere newbie envious of your experience. :-) Respectfully, Terry -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
