[Ham-Mac] Who is NOT upgrading to Panther?

Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:45:18 -0500

On Oct 28, 2003, at 8:16 PM, harris ruben wrote:

> <Have you repaired file permissions?>
>
> What is this and how do you do it?

In the Utilities folder, open Disk Utility. Select your hard drive 
volume on the left, and the "First Aid" tab on the right. Then select 
the "Repair Disk Permissions" button. Then go for a cup of coffee.

Permission repair should only be done on the boot disk. Don't boot from 
CD and do it.

>
> NUM shows me a "serious" error when I run it from OS X, and tells me 
> to run it from the CD (9.2), BUT when I do, it comes up with NO 
> errors.

Sounds like a good reason to not use NUM.

(I'm sorry, I became disillusioned with NUM after the HFS/HFS+ OS 8.1 
fiasco, and I've never let it close to a drive of mine since).

>
> Maybe that's my problem.

Good possibility.

>
> I've ordered the new TechTools, but it's not here yet.

My utility of choice the last couple of years has been DiskWarrior, 
from Alsoft. I use that and Disk First Aid in Mac OS 9 or Disk Utility 
in Mac OS X, which come with the System. If I encounter a problem that 
can't be resolved using them, it's time to re-format the drive.

>
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