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From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: System problems
Keywords: Help
Message-ID: <24363@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 18 Sep 90 18:26:31 GMT
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In article <44919@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>o Now, reinstall. It's important -- critical, actually -- that if you think
>the System file is corrupted you don't touch it. DO NOT REINSTALL OVER AN
>EXISTING SYSTEM FILE if you aren't sure it's okay, so the first thing you
>have to do is debless the folder. I do that by opening the system folder
>creating an empty folder and copying the finder into it.

Hurray!  So often people forget that very important step.  I don't know
how many times I've heard people tell others to "just run the installer
and reinstall the System Software".  My first step is always boot
of the installer and then TRASH the System file.  If you use Suitcase,
it's nice and easy.  I keep Apple Standard DAs, Fonts in the System
(everything else in Suitcases and opened via Suicase) and if I need 
to reinstall, nothing ends up changing.  One step and it only takes
5 minutes.

Ken
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