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From: dan@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Dan Pleasant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: System problems
Message-ID: <10250003@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Sep 90 23:49:49 GMT
References: <9435@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
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My apologies for the posting immediately preceding this one.  I typed
the wrong thing by accident, and even though I tried to kill the
posting not more than 30 seconds later the mailer refused to cooperate,
saying "the message has already been sent to the network".  (Damn
machines are too fast!)

I'd just like to add a short warning to this string:

>>...
>>unexpected quitting from Word 4.0 and White Knight 11.06 with error number
>>1 or 2 upon launching.
>
>I usually see this kind of behavior when I've corrupted my System file. Lots
>of random weird stuff happening -- this means (everyone repeat after me):
>
>	It's time to REINSTALL! (can you tell I do tech support?)
>
>>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.
>
>This may mean you have corrupted directories and whatever, too. 
>

First, kudos to you for backing up your disk (and thanks for using
Fastback II!).  But if your disk is *really* trashed, then there is
some risk that you're backing up garbage.  If you have corrupted
directories then there is some likelihood that you're going to end
up erasing your entire disk and re-installing everything from 
scratch.  But if your files are all trashed, and you back up your
disk now, then Fastback II will happily restore garbage to your
disk later.

The solution?  Don't throw away those old backup floppies!

Good luck, and I hope this warning is entirely unnecessary.

Dan Pleasant

[One of Fastback II's authors]