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problem continues to occur, you may need to reinstall your system software. Refer to the docu-
mentation supplied with the version of the Mac OS System you are using for directions on how
to reinstall system software.
❏ Problem: Icons are not appearing correctly.
or
❏ Problem: When I double-click a document that belongs to an application, I
get a message that says that the application that created this document
cannot be found, but I can open the document from the Open command in
the application.
These are signs that your desktop needs to be rebuilt. Hold down the Option and (command)
keys while you start up your computer, until you see a message asking whether you want to re-
build the desktop.
❏ Problem: My Mac OS computer “hangs” during the rebuild (pointer moves
when the mouse is moved, but there is no reaction when I click anywhere on
the screen).
If your Macintosh hangs during the operation of DiskWarrior, this could be caused by hardware
or software problems with a hard disk or a problem with the SCSI chain.
Make sure that the disk drivers are the current versions for the operating system running on your
computer. If the operating system was recently updated to a new version, you may need to update
the drivers as well. In the case of an Apple formatted disk, use the Drive Setup utility (found on
the Mac OS system CD) to perform the update. For disks from other vendors, check with the
manufacturer of the formatting software for the latest version of their drivers. It is also possible
that the driver has become corrupted, so a simple reinstallation of the driver may solve the prob-
lem.
Another possible cause is a SCSI noise problem. Shut down your computer and disconnect all
but the disk you are trying to rebuild, a startup disk, and the disk you have DiskWarrior on and
see if your computer still freezes. Then try connecting your disks one at a time (with the power
off). Do not connect other non hard disk SCSI devices until all hard disks have been connected
and tested. Termination is another potential problem with the SCSI chain.
If the problem is due to bad blocks on the disk or DiskWarrior has problems reading or writing
to the disk, you will need to reformat the disk. In the case that bad blocks were the problem, the
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