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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: My Finder is hanging
Message-ID: <51558@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Apr 91 07:50:21 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.172733.19677@src.honeywell.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Apr15.172733.19677@src.honeywell.com> shankar@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Subash Shankar) writes:
>
>I came across an interesting bug last night.  I dug up King's Quest II
>(original disk), and stuck it in my floppy.  The Finder queried the floppy, and
>immediately hung.  The disk is fine since I can play the game perfectly if I
>copy the contents of the floppy to my hard disk (and presumably if I boot from
>the floppy).  

I suspect your floppy has a damaged Finder.Root file or damaged files in the
Icons folder--both of these get loaded when you insert a disk in the Finder.
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