[X Newbies] Where did my Classic go??

[David Crandon]

Hi Sherry, no, you probably didn't delete the previous System Folder.
Those important files I mentioned probably got corrupted, so the
computer wasn't recognizing it as a valid System Folder that it could
boot from and therefore didn't list it in the Startup Disk cp or pref pane.

What you did accomplished the same thing. However, you said you
installed a "clean" System Folder. Do you really mean a new clean
seperate one (that's the definition of "clean"), or you installed on top
of your old one?

David Crandon

Sherry wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 07:48  PM, David Crandon wrote:
> 
> > Obviously something got corrupted. I'd suggest discarding the following
> > files from your OS9 System Folder. After that, reboot into OS9 and then
> > restart into OSX. You'll get a system message asking you if you want to
> > modify (or something similar) your Classic installation. Say yes to
> > that. All these files will be recreated when restarting.
> >
> > Finder
> > Classic
> > Classic Support
> > Classic Support UI
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > David Crandon
> 
> Thanks David and Jerry for the help.  When I went to System Preference
> Panel>Start Up Disk their was only OS X, no OS 9.2.2.  So I restarted
> with the OS 9.2.2 CD and installed a clean OS.  System Preference now
> shows  OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.1.5.  Not sure how I lost OS 9.  In trying to
> learn, I must have deleted  it.  I did have a System Folder on the HD.
> 
> thanks again,
> Sherry
> 
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