Help, my directory is damaged

[vitesse@liberty.com (Vitesse)]

>The directory seems to be damaged on the main partition of my hard drive. 
>My GS boots and runs but it won't let me save files to the partition or
>throw them away.  I've ordered Bakkup so I can back up my HD, reformat it
>and resore it.  I don't trust the Archiver that came with 6.0 and don't
>like the one that came with Apple's SCSI card.

>There is an unknown 1K file that has appeared on my root directory called
>ALipA.  Has anyone seen this before?  It could be a virus but I'm not
>sure.  Does anyone think I'll have to buy another program to restore my HD?

>Stacy

The file in question may have been created by an application, but was
not properly closed or removed when the application was finished. You
may want to consider a volume/disk repair utility such as
Salvation-Deliverance.

The alernative is to backup all files on the volume, except for the one
causing trouble. Then, re-initialize the volume and restore all of the
files.

Lowell Erbe
Vitesse, Inc.
Technical Support