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From: dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Folder that won't die under System 7
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Date: 6 Jun 91 15:17:02 GMT
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In article <24137@natinst.natinst.com>, davoli@natinst.com (Russell Davoli) writes:
> One thing that may have some bearing one this is that I believe I created
> the folder under one of the beta system 7 versions, but I don't remember
> if it was the System folder.  Before installing the golden master version,
> I threw out most of the system files but I may have renamed the system folder
> so I could keep the extensions, DAs, etc. that aren't part of the system
> release.

This is VERY important to anyone out there who had installed beta
copies of 7.0.  (Hey, you wanted it early, you gotta take the good
with the bad :-) )

After installing 7.0 GM on your machine, be sure to run the new Disk
First Aid (from the Disk Tools disk) against ALL OF YOUR HARD DISKS
that were mounted on that 7.0 machine.  When it asks to repair
the disk, say "Yes."  Once you have done this, you disk is normal
once again, no need to reformat.

The "folder from hell" is caused by a bug in the BTree code for
pre-GM versions of 7.0.  

In my experience, about 4 out of 5 hard disks I installed on had
this bug.  It sort of depends on your usage pattern on that
particular hard disk, so some people had none, and some people
had every disk in need of repair.

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