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From: barry@playfair.Stanford.EDU (Barrett P. Eynon)
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Subject: Re: Invisible files in System Folder
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Date: 3 Feb 91 01:55:13 GMT
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In article <1991Feb1.194623.29049@bellcore.bellcore.com> bcr!nvuxr.cc.bellcore.com!sek writes:
>This is a very strange problem that I've been wrestling with for a while now. 
>In essence, no files whose name begins (alphabetically) beyond L appears in 
>the system folder.  

This is a classic symptom of disk directory damage. Norton Utilities for the
Mac will fix this problem. The only other approach is to scavange your files
and then reformat the hard disk. NU is much easier, and well worth the price.

I am not associated with Norton or Symantec in any way other than a great
fan of NU.
--
Barry Eynon
barry@playfair.stanford.edu