On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 04:27 PM, Obrecht, Jerry A wrote: > > Don, > > Sorry if I don't recall all the info from this thread, and possibly > have some of it wrong... > > Did you install a SmartDisk driver? From the sounds of your symptoms, > I would venture that you have an extension problem caused by that > driver. Try removing (de-installing) it, then restart and try the > SmartDisk without its special driver. Apple has included support for > many peripherals like Zip drives and may possibly have included support > for the SmartDisk; for example, you should not install the Zip driver > for Zip drives. > > If this happens to work, let us know. > > Jerry > >
Jerry: I looked for an extension related to the SmartDisk but couldn't find anything with VST or SmartDisk listed. I suppose the installation was never executed because of the error message telling me that I first had to have a system folder to install? I don't want to risk losing any files related to my class project, so I'll just email myself stuff back and forth from school/the office and home. I'm using a used Dalmatian and this was the first time that I've looked at the extensions. Wow, there's a ton of them. Do I need them all? Are they sometimes created and then best purged? Some of them have dates going back to 1999 (I thought my model was newer than that, oddly). If I were to drag one into the trash, I assume I'd be disabling the related program or drive, etc? Ideally, does one know which to delete and does one delete them routinely as maintenance? Even though my disk was plugged into one of the two USB ports, sounds like I shouldn't ever plug things directly into my iMac? I never thought that would be necessary. This is the prudent thing to do, but do most folks take the precaution? Guess I'm learning. Thanks again, Donald -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
