NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/30069

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From: [e-mail] (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Lost all system objects, not all apps
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Date: 14 Sep 92 21:37:11 GMT
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Organization: Comp. Sci. Dep't., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
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I don't know what happened, but I was working on a Novell drive, when
suddenly a lot of my desktop objects disappeared.  They just weren't
there all of a sudden, and an attempt to open an OS/2 window resulted
in an "out of memory" error--though this was clearly erroneous since I
was able to run Emacs (one of the few icons left on my desktop).  Things
deteriorated slowly until finally nothing responded and I had to warm
boot (w/o shutdown).

Anyway, my System Folder, along with everything in it is GONE.  The shadow
folder "Productivity" that I had in a desktop folder is GONE.  The shadows
of some games I had in their own desktop folder are still there, but the
icon is a "broken link" icon.  The files themselves do not appear to be
on the disk anywhere (though I'm not sure where they are supposed to be).
The subdirectories of "OS!2 2.0 Desktop" are still there, but the System
Folder isn't.  My System Setup, Startup, all that stuff are GONE GONE GONE.
All my shadows of OS/2 and DOS windows and full-screen sessions . . . GONE.

How can I a) get this stuff back, or b) failing that, re-install the originals
from the install disks without re-installing all of OS/2?
--
 From the catapult of:              |+| "If anyone disagrees with anything I
   _,_  J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept|+| say, I am quite prepared not only to
 _|70|___:::)=}-  U.S. Naval Academy|+| retract it, but also to deny under
 \      /   [e-mail]   |+| oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer
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