[X Newbies] Hard Disk Icons in OS X

[Aranzazu]

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>Could someone help me understand the two kinds of Hard Disk icons --
>"white" and "metal"?
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>The displayed icons "change" from white to metal depending on which drive
>is the boot drive.  But the boot drive for my "good" OS X installation is
>"white", and I suspect it should be "metal".

i have never heard of that... could you send me a screen capture so i 
can see what you are talking about.

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>I freely admit I don't understand permissions (and 10.1 uses a separate
>Repair Privileges application).

unless you have multiple users on your mac permissions shouldn't be a problem.
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>I doubt that my "icon" problems are related to my "Classic internet"
>problems, because lot's of other people with good permissions have the
>"Classic internet" problem.
>--- but hey, you never know.
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>Thank you!
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>jeff
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