>I'm running OS 9.1 on a 7500, Sonnet 800 Mhz processor, 512M RAM, >ATI 7000 card. I recently installed an 80G IDE drive. Since then, >I've been getting mysterious crashes. Running Norton's results in >reports of "wrapper problems" and "crosslinked files". Norton's >can't fix these, so I can only reinstall my OS. Problems return. >This only affects the partition containing my system folder. Is >this the fault of a defective drive, or perhaps bad RAM? GaugePro >reports nothing wrong with the RAM, but it is a mixture of old and >new, large and small, and I am suspicious.
The 'wrapper' is a Mac OS Standard partition that 'wraps' around the Mac OS Extended partitions. Problems with this can be a serious, and reinstalling the OS will NOT fix it. At best try disk first aid to fix the problem. At worst, you need to reformat your hard drive. The cross-linked files is another hard drive problem, and a reinstall will probably not fix it. The cross linked files need to be deleted (Norton should offer to create alias' to them IIRC). There is one disk fix program that is suppose to fix the cross-linked files problem, but I don't remember it's name. The wrapper was a pretty neat way to get around the problem of allowing older Macs to boot an OS on an HFS+ partition. It is explained best by Apple <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31056>. -- -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" "The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that fits all cases." --C. G. Jung -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
