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From: harlanp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Pete Harlan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Hard Disk Prob., Boomerang ok?
Keywords: hard disk 1st aid sum boomerang
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Date: 11 Jan 90 00:56:24 GMT
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Disk First Aid says, "Unable to verify status of disk."

SUM II finds no problems at all with it.

I can't seem to read in files that I save on it, so there is a problem.

My question is, what to do?  This is an Apple Quantum 40Mb drive in a
Mac II running 6.0.2 with 5Mb.  I suppose I shall just back up and
reformat the drive and see if it gets any better.

Incidentally (perhaps) the first symptom was that Boomerang (recently
downloaded) would no longer come up in the control panel.  It worked
for maybe a week.

This wouldn't be suspect, except a couple of months ago Boomerang did
the same thing (wouldn't come up) and I had to trash it.  If everyone
is having similar problems with Boomerang, perhaps Boomerang is also
trashing my disk.  If nobody else is having problems with Boomerang (a
teriffic program) then it is more likely that Boomerang is sitting on
a spot of crud on my hard disk.  I guess.

Any ideas?

Pete Harlan
harlanp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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