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From: johnim@euler.Berkeley.EDU (John Im)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: HELP!  Bizarre problems with my Mac
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Date: 6 Feb 91 22:02:44 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.071638.24072@agate.berkeley.edu> bclee@.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) writes:
>
>	Lately I've been having problems with my Mac.  There were some
>	crashes and some annoying problems.  Ok, I'll just try really
>	hard to describe the problems, hope you can help me.
>

I tried to email, but you didn't include a valid address in your post
(which machine are you posting from?)

The problems you're having are exactly the same ones that plagued me
last semester.  Basically, INIT conflicts are causing your Finder to
get trashed.  You probably have some directory damage too.  What worked
for me was to reformat my drive, then figure out what the INIT conflicts
were.  I tried figuring out the INIT conflicts before reformating, but
the problems persisted even with no INITs (which is why you need to 
reformat).  It's probably a good idea to reformat the drive again, after
figuring out the INIT conflicts.

I can't remember which INITs caused trouble for me, since I've gotten rid
of some and added others, but if you send me a list of what you're using,
I may be able to help you out.

- John