In article <k+l22yh@rpi.edu> monitn@rs6414.ecs.rpi.edu (Nicholas Monitto) writes:
>bmueller@mis.mcw.edu writes:
>
>>Netters...
>> A friend had some files on the desktop. The machine failed and
>>required a logic board replacement. When he received the repaired
>>machine, he booted up and found the files to be gone.
>>
>>Could it be that this is stored in nonvolatile RAM (eg, PRAM) and
>>that installation of the new logic board is responsible for the
>>loss of the files that way? If not, what might be the explanation?
>
>I don't think that's how it works. I don't remember what 'Get Info' on a
>desktop file does (since I'm away from my Mac right now), but I believe that
>files on the desktop [that's what I meant to say above] are stored on the
>startup HD (or any HD, I only have 1).
I believe that desktop files can be on any volume, because when you just drag a file from an unlocked floppy onto the desktop if you then unmount the disk the