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From: roskar@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Veljko Roskar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Empty Folder Problem
Message-ID: <6304@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 3 Sep 90 14:54:36 GMT
References: <25542.26DA84DE@stjhmc.fidonet.org> <6275@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <8369@ncar.ucar.edu>
Reply-To: roskar@jhunix.UUCP (Veljko Roskar)
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In article <8369@ncar.ucar.edu> schabtac@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Adam Schabtach) writes:
>I certainly hope you're taking the time to back up -- it will take MUCH longer
>to reconstruct your MS if you don't have a backup when your hard disk dies
>(notice I said 'when' rather than 'if' :-).
>
>However, the way I deal with Folders From Hell (TM) is by dragging
>them onto the desktop (usually conveniently close to the Trash) and
>renaming them something like 'From Hell' or 'Dead.' Then the next time
>I boot or restart, I can throw them in the Trash and they stay there.
>It seems that the restart takes care of them (at least on my system).
>
Well I do keep my MS Thesis (and System folder) backed up, but I 
don't have the time to back up the rest of the junk I've accumulated. I also
have the the Word Application on original discs so I don't need to back up
that either.

I tried restarting and just about everything but it didn't work.  I also
tried to fix the error with MacTools Rescue, but that didn't work either.
It told me that it was fixing the extent file or something, but the F From Hell
remained.

So much for new products.


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