[gromit95]

I click on the hard drive icon and then I click on the application icon , the applications window opens and then it closes and the hard drive closes. Now I have to start all over and the it happens again. I had this problem before and I remember running some kind of script but I cant remember where and how I got to it.

Please help
Thanks fred

[Detrius]

Start with DiskWarrior. You may have corrupt/overlapped files.

If DiskWarrior says "speed inhibited due to disk malfunction", then verify with a surface scan using either TechTool Pro 4 or Apple's Drive Setup Utility in OS 9. If either of these fail, you need a new hard drive.

BTW, you still may want to do a surface scan anyway, as a bad block outside of the directory would cause these problems without alerting DiskWarrior.


As a final tip for bad blocks, formatting the drive zeroing all data will map them out, recovering some usability to the drive. However, the drive is now unreliable, so you really should get a new drive anyway.

[Dr. Smoke]

Hi, gromit.

Detrius may be correct, i.e. there may be directory corruption. Disk Warrior would certainly be the best tool to repair this if that is the case. You can also determine if Directory Corruption is the cause by running Step 1 from my Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption FAQ. If any irreparable problems are found, Disk Warrior would probably do the trick.

However, there can be other potential causes for this:

1. Corrupted Finder preferences. See my Finder Issues? How to delete its preferences FAQ.

2. One or more corrupted .DS_Store files in the folders in question. These files contain info used by Finder to display the folder window.

(1) Download the donationware application Cocktail.

(2) Launch Cocktail.

(3) Select the Files icon in the Cocktail toolbar.

(4) Select the DS Store tab.

(5) Select the Chose button.

(6) In the resulting window navigate to and select the affected disk, volume, or folder. For example, you might want to select your Home folder.

(7) Select OK in the resulting confirmation window.

Cocktail displays a sheet indicating when it has completed the task.

[gromit95]

hello
I had this problem before. And I fixed it by running an apple script that fix folder ????
I don’t remember. I have tech tool 4.2 and it ‘s not finding any problems.
I will try your suggestions and will report back.

Thanks fred