[Duo2400] Re: Mysterious hard drive problem

[Edgar Peinelt]

Peter,
your case seems to be rather unique - I would have bet on the invisible
files as the origin of all problems. You might give the Mac formatting
software a try: "Drive Setup" has an option to check a disk and to reload
the appropriate driver. If this fails as well, you might have to backup your
HD content and re-format the drive. (And you are right - File Buddy is
indeed a great piece of software and SkyTagŒs support is magnificent. I just
bought their latest version for my server.) Should you decide on
reformatting, I recommend loading OS 7.6 at least. In my experience (with
two 2300c I have used for years) OS 8.1 proved to be the best solution
(considering RAM footprint vs. performance and stability).

Good luck 
Edgar

> --- Edgar Peinelt <edgarpeinelt at usa.net> wrote:
>> Peter, 
>> 
>> you might try a utility such as File Buddy to look
>> at and eventually delete
>> invisible files from your HD.
> 
> Good idea, Edgar, and thanks for the suggestion.
> However, File Buddy found no big or weird invisible
> files. Just for kicks, I checked for duplicates and
> orphans too; nothing there, either.
> 
> By the way, this was my first experience with File
> Buddy, and I was extremely impressed by the software
> and the customer service provided by SkyTag Software,
> makers of File Buddy. Their website indicated that the
> old version of File Buddy compatible with System
> 7.5.5, my OS, is no longer available. I sent them an
> email asking if there was a way I could get a copy,
> and in about an hour they emailed me back with a test
> copy of File Buddy attatched. It seems to be a great
> utility, too. 
> 
> Also, I thought of another thing that might shed light
> on my hard drive debacle: In the summary of all the
> stuff it did after I ran Disk Doctor, it listed my OS
> as 7.6.1, not 7.5.5 as reality would dictate. Could
> this mean something?
> 
> If you get ANY more ideas, please let me know!
> 
> Thanks, 
> Peter 
> 
> 
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