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From: wmartin@ut-ngp.UUCP (Bureau of Redundancy Bureau and Mattress Tag Police)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Tecmar+OldROMS+Finder5.3+DeskTop=Lost Files (maybe)
Message-ID: <6969@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 18:20:19 EST
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.6969
Posted: Mon Nov 30 18:20:19 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 07:03:57 EST
Reply-To: wmartin@ngp.UUCP (Wiley Sanders)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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   I remember sometime ago some mention of Finder 5.3 being potentially
destructive to files. I have just lost several files in the following incident:
   I moved a bunch of files (~20) out of their respective folders directly
onto the desktop. Then, I moved some other folders out of the same volume
from which the bunch of files came directly
out onto the desktop. Next, I attempted to move the said
files into said folders. I was presented with the "that file
already exists - replace or cancel" dialog. The files did NOT exist in the
destination folder! Like a fool, I clicked replace, and the files being moved
were gone for good. Oops!
   A shut down followed by a cmd-option reboot did not resurrect the files,
In fact, some of the changes I had made to my folders were made, some weren't.
What a mess!
   I post this story so those with similar software/hardware combinations
will not lose files in the future. The moral seems to be: Don't move files
directly onto the desktop. Although I'm not sure. ????? Was Finder 5.3 the
notorious "killer" version of the finder I remember hearing about? Respond
email please.
   Using: 512K, OLD ROMs, Tecmar MacDrive (no jokes please). System 3.2,
Finder 5.3.
   Oh, yes, I _do_ have a backup, I _think_ (with HD Backup you're never 
really sure) <-deliberately snide remark - one of these days when the line
in out consortium store is less than an hour long I'm gonna buy DiskFit...:-)

-- 
Wiley Sanders, Civil Engineering Dept, UT-Austin
secret NSA CIA anti Soviet Iran terrorist nuclear drug decoder ring
                                     - take THAT, NSA line-eater!