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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: File error Could not read background ID 7457
Message-ID: <15593@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 88 16:37:42 GMT
References: <4515@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: dan@apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <4515@sphinx.uchicago.edu> her3@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Benjamin 'Drew' Herman) writes:
>I've recently developed a problem (twice in one week).
>Aafter carelessly deleteing names in rolodex, I developed:
>
>Error reading from file (some #)
>				(OK)
>Then the next time I tried to Open my Rolodex I Got
>
>File Error:; Could not read background ID 7654 (<- or something)
>
>how do I fix this??

A file error (some #) usually means bad media, depending on the number.
If you have been using the same floppy for a long time, it is probably
time to replace it.

That was the good news.  The bad news is that the stack is trashed as a
result of bad media (it sounds).  Find a backup copy of the stack.  You
do back up frequently, don't you???

I hope for your sake that you do.  If not, start.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer

P.S. - I don't mean for this to sound harsh, but that is the cruel
reality of bad media.  You could recover a large portion of your data by
looking through the stack with Fedit.  Most of your text will probably
still be there, except in a sector or two where the media screwed up.