On Oct 27, 2005, at 8:36 PM, Philip J Robar wrote: >>> Just a guess but sound like he needs to boot from the OS install >>> and try disk repair. >>> >> >> I agree, but repair permissions as well wouldn't hurt. >> > > Well, yes it could. Any writing to a disk with problems like this > one is having, not associated with fixing its problems, is almost > certainly only going to make matters worse. Macfixit.com had problems like this when OSX first came out & repairing permissions fixed the problem. They recommend it very strongly. --- James Paul Manley jpmanley at gmail.com