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From: Ernie@egami.wimsey.bc.ca (Ernie Gorrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Thanks ASDG
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Date: 16 Jan 90 09:40:10 GMT
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In <8912172023.AA11725@jade.berkeley.edu>, GORRIEDE@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis
Robert Gorrie) writes:  

>I just got the upgrade notice for CygnusED from ASDG.  Not a bad xmas present.  
>In the meantime, can anyone tell me how toget rid of these CygnusEdTempA.576 
>files that were left on my hard disk when I crashed the computer while editing 
>something?  I try to delete them but I always get a file not found error, 
>no matter what program I try to use to delete them.  I was going to destroy the 
>dir blocks with SECTORAMA but I don't think it works the same on FFS.  
>Is there anything short of a DOS format to get these files from the 'un-dead' 
>off my hard disk?


	Funny how you and I get the same problems.  Must have something to do
with the name, eh?  First getting diddled by Abel and now this.  I had the
same problem with the creation and inability to delete some of those
"CygnusEdTempA.xxx" files.  I tried a lot of things over several months and
ended up reformatting my hard drive to get rid of them. 

	I got my problem files a different way than you did though.  I got them
when I shut down the system quickly after saving CED files.  I note that
when saving a file my hard drive has disk activity, then pauses, then has a
little more activity (maybe 1.5 seconds) then pauses, then has about a half
a second of activity.  If I saved the file and shut the machine off before
the final burst, I would get the problem files.

	Good luck in getting rid of yours.  :)

--
Ernie Gorrie
9431 McBurney Drive,
Richmond, B.C.
CANADA, V6Y 3C5
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