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From: harryk@bucsf.bu.edu (Harry Karayiannis)
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Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 3 May 91 21:51:54 GMT
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In article <4627@ac2.maus.de> Lutz_Frank@ac2.maus.de (Lutz Frank) writes:
>
>Hi Jeffery,
>
>jd> Atari Megafile 30 in partition D have become invisible. The problem
>jd> started when I was using Cheetah to copy some files from logical drive E
>jd> to D. For one copy it either said that it couldn't find the drive path
>
>I got the same problem using CHEETAH on BGM-partitions of my harddisk.
>There I could only save one of the BGM-partitions. Cheetah destroyed the
>root sector of the destination hard disk.
>If you have a monitor like DISKUS you can try to restore the root-sector.
>(I didn't have had this programm at this time - I lost all since last
>backup ... ;-( ). Now I have a collection of copies of my root sectors on
>a special disk - just for case of emergency ...
>
>Kind regards
>             Lutz



	My guess is that you reach the 40-folder limit while copying stuff
from one partition to another...If this is the case, then there are 3 solutions
I know of:

	1. fldrXXX   it's an auto-folder program that lets you specify the
		     number of folders you can "touch" without problem, by
		     replacing XXX in the filename with the actual number.
		     (i.e. to have a 100-folder limit, just rename the program
		      to    fldr100.prg)  --- I think the program is PD and
		                              is on atari.archive

	2. flushing buffers
		     there are some programs, like LGSELECT.PRG by Johnson,
		     that let you **flush** the buffer that is keeping the
		     accessed folders     --- I also thing that LGSELECT.PRG
					      is SHAREWARE, and it should be
					      on atari.archive, too

	3. the little white button at the back of your computer, called "Reset"
	   This one always works. 8*)     --- This one is for FREE, guaranteed
					      to work, and right in your own
					      home.


  Please note that I have a Mega 4, with TOS 1.2 in ROM, so I don't know if
the above methods will work on STs with different ROMs and/or configurations



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