Re: More HFS FST problems

[AHML Patron <ahmlpub@ahml.lib.il.us>]

AHML Patron wrote:
> 
> > This has happened to me on ProDOS volumes too.  I do not know the full
> > cause, but if you delete the Finder.data and Finder.root files, the
> > missing folder should show up again.
> >
> > The two files tell the Finder what to make of things and for some
> > reason, that means not putting the folder's icon on the desktop.
> > If the volume was a ProDOS volume, you could find out by using
> > ProDOS 8.  Since it is HFS, you can't, but nonetheless, it is still
> > there.  There is nothing damaged about the folder, btw.
> >
> > -Scott G.
> 
> I am fairly certain that I deleted those files before posting the
> message. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK, but I normally have the "save finder
> information onto volume" option unchecked, and well as "hide invisible
> files", and routinele delete the files from the root directories
> whenever I overide the option.

I double checked last night, and threw every program capable of
accessing the Mac hard drive and deleteing files. None could find
finder.data or finder.root. As I posted before, I all ready have deleted
them. I even used the program that hunts for finder.data files called
(most likely mispelled) "scrabadernie", or something similar.

Any further ideas or additonal programs I should try that I can download
directly onto 1.44 MB 3.5" MS-DOS disks or 720K MS-DOS disks. (My
library uses IBMs, and my SuperDrive and/or PC Transporter can handle
the disks)