[X Newbies] Where did my Classic go??

[David Crandon]

Hi Sherry,

Yes, you indeed got a completely new System Folder. The "System" folder
is part of OSX. As the other posted stated, be extremely careful about
moving any OSX stuff. With OSX location and names of folders/files is
very important for the OS to function.

Keep in mind that since you installed a new OS9 System Folder, you no
longer have any third party stuff in it that may have been needed by
many of your OS9 programs. You may have to reinstall many programs to
get the proper functionality. Also, all you preferences for every OS9
program you have will have to be reset.

David Crandon

Sherry wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 08:34  PM, David Crandon wrote:
> <snip>
> > Hi Sherry, no, you probably didn't delete the previous System Folder.
> 
> No I do not delete the System Folder.
> 
> > 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
> 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
> 
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