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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Invisible files in System Folder
Message-ID: <6ovoh2.wo@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 6 Feb 91 14:41:29 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.194623.29049@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1514@helens.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac.system, article <1514@helens.Stanford.EDU>,
  barry@playfair.Stanford.EDU (Barrett P. Eynon) writes:
< 
< 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.
< 
Be aware that other fixers, including SUM or Disk First Aid, are useless here.

< I am not associated with Norton or Symantec in any way other than a great
< fan of NU.

I second that.
(Exception: Currently you can't use NU on any disk which has seen the light
 of System 7.0, although NU itself runs fine under 7.0b1. It's also not quite
 A/UX-compatible yet.)

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