jgold4/11/02 5:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED][wrote]

> Speaking of Norton Utilities:
> 
> Several years ago I was having some funky problems with my SM3000/240, so
> I figured I'd run Norton Utilities Disk Doctor. I had system 8.1
> installed and was using Norton 4.0.
> 
> Norton ran, generated it's usual list of problems and fixed them.
> 
> Then, I tried to restart, without luck.
> 
> After booting off my original Starmax disk I discovered that Norton had
> completely rearranged my files and directory structure, randomly placing
> all files (including system files) in a series of numbered folders. There
> was, as far as I could determine, no particular order to this.
> 
> Has this ever happened to anyone before?
> 
> I had recently installed sys 8.1 without updating the disk drivers -- a
> friend suggested this might have been the cause.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> Custom Communications
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> (207) 771-5510
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> 

Was your disk formated hfs+ ?
Apple recommends + with 8.1 and up.
jr


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