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From: michaelh@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Michael A. Hoffhines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: System problems
Summary: SysErrs/Unexpected quits
Keywords: Help
Message-ID: <9435@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 18 Sep 90 04:56:36 GMT
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Of late, I have been experiencing a problem of 'creeping failures'. Primarily,
unexpected quitting from Word 4.0 and White Knight 11.06 with error number
1 or 2 upon launching. A repeat launch usually works but it doesn't make
me feel any better about the system.

I have been through the 6.0.5 problems with the system heap and thought that
all was ok. Unfortunately, things seem to continue to get more and more
unstable (kind of like the middle-east and the us economy, I guess). 

Disinfectant 2.1 reports that many files have resource forks that it cannot 
analyze. This has been a problem in the past that goes away only temporarily
after I refresh the file with an original copy. Now Fast Back II simply hangs 
when it gets to the last file of a back-up when in the past FBII has worked 
fine.

I am tired of tip-toeing around this fragile beast and have run out of ideas
as to what to try. Any thoughtful suggestions gladly entertained.

On the software side, I have a minimum of INITs (Superclock 3.9, Suitcase II 
1.2.6, Disinfectant, and AfterDark 2.0h). The hardware end looks like: SE/30 
with 5 M and an external 170 M Wren VI drive from APS.

I am more and more suspicious of the hard-drive given that the software has
not changed for some time while frequency of errors continues to rise. Any
recommendations for a decent hard-drive analysis program (SpinRite for the
Mac, anyone)?

Thanks in advance, Mike.

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