[P1] How does this happen?

[Gary D. Adams]

Pat:

Could it be--don't know why I didn't think of this earlier--that the 
program was actually on the desktop and when the drive was backed up the 
desktop files were not copied?

Gary

Pat D. Stephens wrote:
> I have my old external drive in an enclosure on 9.1 and have moved the 
> new drive in my TiBook to X, and when I try to find a program I use a 
> lot on the external, it isn't there.  I ran Find and it found the alias 
> Icon and the prefs (where I know my files are), but not a sign of the 
> program.  I haven't moved the program to my iBook yet.  I thought I 
> would, but I can't find it to move.
> 
> How does one lose a program on a Mac?  I can reinstall it, but I've 
> ordered a Classic version and will install it, but can anyone tell me 
> how to 'find' the program in the meanwhile?  Can I attach the alias to 
> the prefs?  Will that do it?
> 
> Pat