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From: fc@lexicon.com (Frank Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MISplaced HD files (was Loosing files using WB)
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Date: 21 Aug 89 14:00:46 GMT
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In article <201@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> rjtatz@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Robert J. Tatz) writes:

> When I clicked once on
> a drawer icon and moved it one pixel it DISAPPEARED.  It jumped
> into another directory whose icon was two icons directly above it.
> I know it sounds strange, but it was repeatable although it had to
> be done just right.  He nearly killed me when it first disappeared,
> but everything was there...

If you really can reproduce it, Commodore may be interested.
They were looking for this bug months ago.
Hey guys, found it yet ?

 It has happened to several people, including me as recently as this
weekend.  As you found, the files are usually just hiding somewhere.
Has anyone permanently lost stuff ?
Besides the fellow who posted last week ?
>   - Bob


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