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No experience with UM, however, ProSel warns you to have a backup
before using the Fix mode. It is good advice.

> 3rd:  When I boot up ProSel from slot 5 and use the Volume Repair: Test
> File Structure option on my first partition, I got 11391 errors!!!
> Every single file has at least the error BLOCK FREE!  The 4 problematic
> files have the error BLOCK IN USE, SKIPPED.

> 4th:  Now I can't boot up from my hard disk at all!!  I can still access
> the files in the first partition.  I know I can do a backup and then
> reformat it but I really don't have the energy to backup 32 meg of data
> (I don't have enough diskettes too!) and slowly copy back every single
> one again.

It is the nature of a HD to fail. It is bound to happen and one needs
to plan for that day. For my application I keep the programs in one
partition and data in another.

The programs can be replaced from the source disks at any time so don't
need to be backed up. (This assumes that you can remember just what you
had installed and what defaults you had set for each, etc., etc., not
an easy task in most cases so one might consider backing up "problem"
programs i.e., AppleWorks Classic that has been modified to death in
who knows what order - however, it works.)

If I decide to not back up the data then I have to accept the reality
that it will go down the tube at some point in time.

As to the cost of 3.5" disks: MEI/Micro Center 1-800-634-3478 has them
for $.39 ea in lots of 25.

> BTW, does ProSel's BLOCK FREE error mean that the file contains a block
> which is marked as free in the volume bit map?

See your ProSel docs for what each item means. In this case the:
"Block Free" message is pretty good news. It means that the block is
marked free in error. Run ProSel in the fix mode and those will
disappear. As to the "problem" files, see the ProSel docs for the
"secret" way to delete problem files.

If ProSel fixes your problems I'd consider deep sixing UM.

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