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From: patrick@hpmcaa.HP.COM (Patrick Hawke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectre 128 and LDW POWER Problems
Message-ID: <760001@hpmcaa.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 88 18:15:23 GMT
References: <8812220937.AA29124@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: HP McMinville Division
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Regarding Pieces of Files missing:

   I too, have had pieces of files missing only recently.  Yesterday I
found out why!  My Magic Sac System files Mac Finders 4.1 & 5.4 have
been degrading in performance and reliability (sounds like a virus?).
I kept replacing the system/finders with my backups, not knowing what
the symptoms of a virus were/are.  Finally they died while eating up
my data and program disks.  

The symptoms were system error ID's = 15 or 29, when running
applications and programs.  The disk's desktop info would also require
being rebuilt with occasional loss of a file and most notably the
system folder would become "Folder #1", or the System/Folder Icons
would disappear but still boot properly.

I have been using MacBeep and Ramstart on the system disks. Also using
the Stuffit utility for "unarcing" net files.

Yesterday upon boot up the System disk took forever....... and finally 
displayed:
                                                              [Missing
                                                                Icon]
                                                             System Disk
                                                          [^In BOLD text^]
The Disk Icon was missing and the 
System Name Was In Big BOLD text.

So.... I clicked on The DA About Finder ...........


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                       |           COPIED             |
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Was Displayed Very Slowly.......
And then the system locked up!

Does this sound familiar if anyone knows please let me know.
Thank You,
      PjH