[openbeos] Re: need help, file copying problems!

Kevin Field wrote on Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:38:28 -0400 EDT:
> Shoot.  I really don't want to reformat it, 'cause I've screwed my 
> backup drive when I originally thought that it was the problem.  :|  I 
> guess I'll try copying bits and pieces of the most important stuff just 
> in case, and then start afresh and see what else I can recover...

One other thing to try is to run a memory test.  Either turn it on the full 
test in the BIOS of your computer or find one of the memory test boot floppies 
on the Internet.  Bad RAM (or other things on the motherboard) would also make 
your system fail like you described.

- Alex

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