Re: Broken directory

On 30 Jun, Christopher Dewhurst wrote in message
<0f86116453.crisPi@cdewhurst2010.btinternet.com>:

> In message <mpro.mp5l7i03cirzk01ob.lists@stevefryatt.org.uk>
> Steve Fryatt <lists@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Probably not a good approach for the long term, as the disc map clearly
> > isn't very happy. I'd endorse the advice to check/fix the disc with
> > DiscKnight, before doing much else with the system.
>
> thanks for the tips. Running DiscKnight does indeed report errors within
> !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf. I think an investment in the full version may
> be in order (I think the "Repair" option is disabled on the free version).
>
> Although RISC OS threw a wobbler in the process,renaming
> Choices.WWW.Netsurf to "zzzz" seemed to work for the time being.

Just be aware that if your disc map is corrupted, then you've no real idea
if it's saving new or modified files over existing files that you'd quite
like to keep. If DiscKnight is reporting errors, personally I would stop
using the system until the map had been fixed.

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Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

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