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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
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Subject: Re: What does Disk First Aid do?
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Date: 19 Jun 91 17:05:00 GMT
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flowers@caltech.edu (Dave Flowers) writes:
 
>Disk First Aid doesn't have any real online help, and the
>documentation in the Macintosh Utilities User's Guide is less than
>helpful. Any help will be appreciated.
 
First of all, the Disk First Aid that comes with 7.0 is much improved
over previous versions. Even if you aren't using 7.0, use DFA 7.0.
 
DFA allows you to check if the data structures on an HFS volume are
ok. It also has limited repair capabilities.
 
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Stephan Somogyi                   net.nerd                     MacUser