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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: File copy unsuccessful -- what to do?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.022642.15000@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 02:26:42 GMT
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- reriksso@klaava.Helsinki.FI (era eriksson) writes:
- :
- : Firstly, I couldn't find anything on this in the FAQ list. It +ought+ to
- : be in the FAQ, IMHO. Maybe it's in the Apple manuals... <sigh>
- :
- : Often when I try to copy a few files to a disk more than a month old, I
- : get a message (in Finnish; can't give you the exact English wording but
- : you'll recognize this one) telling me that the copy operation was
- : unsuccessful, and offering me the options to either Cancel the copying
- : or Continue.
- :
- : Any other thoughts on this topic would be most valued. If this topic has
- : already been beaten to death, I'd appreciate if some of the gurus could
- : write up some sort of summary and mail it to me.
- :
- : Thanks, and pardon my unstructured prose,
- :
-
- No problem with the prose... but a little bit more info would help.
- What kind of hardware are you using, and what type of disks?
-
- I have seen problems like this when HD (2Mbyte) floppies were being used in
- a DD (1MByte) drive OR when the heads on the floppy drive needed cleaning.
-
- I take care of about 100 Macs and this type of problem is rare in our
- environment.
-
- Greg.
-
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