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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
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- Subject: Re: HELP! I filled up partition and can't get my work done.
- Date: 08 Apr 96 14:46:44 +0500
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- On or about 07-Apr-96 14:57:59 Jeremy typed the following words about "Re:
- HELP! I filled up partition and can't get my work done.". My reply is
- thus...
-
- Hi Jeremy,
-
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- J> Larry Shuford (LShuford@gnn.com) wrote:
- >> I didn't think about my Program partition on my Hard Drive gradually
- >> filling up with Toaster PROJECTS. but it did and when I noticed the
- >> problem I had
- >> 0 bytes remaining.
-
- >> When I reboot... WB comes up then about 10 sec. later... "Software Failure"
- >> error #8 000 000 4... suspend... reboot.
-
- >> I want to copy the stuff off onto another partition or disk then reformat.
-
- J> Have you tried booting from a Workbench floppy? This might get you going.
- J> Or, if you have another hard drive partition, is the OS installed on it?
- J> If it's bootable, you could try booting from it with the startup menu
- J> (hold down both mouse buttons when booting).
-
- He He.. I have a bootable ZIP disk with my entire SYS: partition on it. I have
- the boot priority set higher than my normal boot partition. That way when
- something happens and I can't boot from the regular boot partition on my hard
- drive, I just stick my boot ZIP disk in the drive and reboot. :<) :<)
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