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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problem copying files to hard disk
Keywords: crash, mac II, 150MB disk
Message-ID: <16967@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 Sep 88 21:04:36 GMT
References: <2373@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: keith@apple.com.UUCP (Keith Rollin)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <2373@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> bmartin@uhccux.UUCP (Brian K. Martin, M.D.) writes:
>HELP!
>
>My system now crashes whenever I try to copy a new program from a floppy to
>the hard disk. The system just freezes in the middle of a copy operation,
>and I have to hit the re-boot switch. The problem is temporarily solved by
>archiving a few programs to floppy then rebuilding the desktop. I've heard
>that there's some sort of limit to the number of files that can be stored on
>a hard disk. I hope not, since I was planning to upgrade to a 620MB disk in
>the near future.
>

Yes, there is a limit to the number of files that you can have on a volume,
but 3600 isn't it. It's more like 64K (either 64K files + 64K folders, or 64K
altogether - I can't remember which). Besides, the Finder shouldn't crash
under those conditions - it's pretty good at recovering from errors that it
expects. This leads me to believe that there is something a little more wrong
with your hard disk than a bad desktop file. If this were happening to me, I'd
groan, break out the blank floppies, back things up, reformat, and restore. I
would feel uncomfortable with working on a hard disk that hung up every once
and a while.

Or, try running Hard Disk Recovery - or a third party disk utility - and see
if it finds anything wrong.


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