[X Newbies] Where did my Classic go??

[Birgit Rhoads]

Sherry, what you did originally is an easy mistake for those of us coming
over from OS 9.  In the older systems, you could fool around with your HD a
bit, rename folders, etc.  Not so with OS X.  Your "System" is for the OS X
system stuff.  Your "System Folder" is for your OS 9 stuff.  Your
Applications is for OS X and your Applications (Mac OS 9) is for OS 9.
Don't delete/combine any of these...and don't change stuff in your OS X
System or Applications other than adding new apps.  You can do your own
thing in Users, other than Library, I would not play with that one.  If you
do this, you will not have to worry about having to reinstall systems.

Birgit 



> From: Sherry <silver60 at pacbell.net>
> Reply-To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:04:46 -0800
> To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [X Newbies] Where did my Classic go??
> 
> The 1st time I ran the installer, it got about 1/2 way through the
> install when I got an error message.  Something to do with the System
> Folder need to be moved to another folder.  The HD has two different
> folders.  One is 'System' the other 'System Folder.'  Was not sure what
> it was telling me, so I moved both to another folder.  When the
> installer was done, I moved the folder for 'System' back to HD, and
> since I now had a 'System Folder' on the HD, I tossed the, I guess, old
> 'System Folder.'
> 
> When I clicked on the installer the 2nd time I noticed it had an
> 'options' button.  I clicked on it and it asked if I wanted to do a
> clean install, so I checked the box.
> 
> I think what I did was just dumb luck, but now I know how to fix this if
> it ever happens again.  :)
> 
> Thanks for all the help,
> 
> Sherry