[X4U] Disappearing folders!

[Cover, Chris]

how much RAM do you have? I hear things can disappear when RAM get's too
low.  It is entirely possible that you renamed the folder by accident. Tried
to search for a document that should be in the folder?

> ----------
> From: 	Judy Kiel
> Reply To: 	Mac OS X for Users
> Sent: 	Monday, August 9, 2004 2:22 PM
> To: 	Mac OS X for Users
> Subject: 	[X4U] Disappearing folders!
> 
> WTF?
> 10.2.8, 512 MB, G4/466 ....
> 
> We've spent all of last Friday trying to find/recover an entire folder...
> just happens to be my main website (details!). I discovered this first in
> Dreamweaver, cracked open the proggie and I see the message that my root
> directory cannot be found...the site window is pointed at my site, but not
> only are the files gone, the whole stupid folder is... GONE. I happen to
> have a finder window open, and yep, the place where the "aoce" folder is
> supposed to be is now showing the next folder down (in alpha order, in the
> list view). ACK!!
> 
> We've done everything we can think of, my server admin/Mac expert,and I,
> to
> find ANYTHING from that folder. Nada. Niente. It just .... vaporized.
> 
> Yes, we've run Norton off the cd, booted from the cd, ran Disk Warrior,
> looked via Terminal, searched using native Find command...guess it's time
> to
> sacrifice the ol' rutabaga.
> 
> any ideas??? (other than duh, back up OFTEN.)
> 
> sigh.
> 
> *******
> Judy Kiel
> Continuing Education, University of Utah
> http://continue.utah.edu
> Photographs: http://www.jkiel.com
> 
> It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
> without
> accepting it.
>  -- Aristotle
> 
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