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Just some administrivia...

Once again my computer is playing up (and my web server too actually, but that one's out of my control) - having all sorts of mystifying email and application problems. I ran a scan on the HD using iDefrag and found it's all a complete mess - so much so that the program apparently can't even perform a complete de-frag. The little window shows major red sectors. Scary. I guess that would explain the endless spinning beachball of death... I wonder why it's happened? Maybe I got a virus?

So. I will shortly be re-loading Tiger OS (once the back up clone is ready). Depending on how that goes, things may or may not be quiet around here for a while.

Once again, please redirect emails from the main frangipani account to my gmail account: martinecotton@gmail.com, especially if you sent me something in the past 5 or so days and have had no reply yet - you'll need to resend it 'cause I ain't seen it. All rather a pain in the arse on my Bday week. Oh, and thanks for all your bday wishes. :)

frangipani wrote this on November 30, 2006 5:25 PM
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T [TypeKey Profile Page]said:

Can you explain why it is necessary to defrag. I run tiger on a 13inch G4 powerbook and have never defragged. i have had a HD try to launch itself out of the case though - had it replaced and restored from the back-up and all was well..

On December 2, 2006 10:48 PM,
frangipani [TypeKey Profile Page]said:

Well when I first got the powerbook I did a lot of research on maintenance and some sites recommended a run of iDefrag just occasionally in instances of regular spinning beachball wheels of death, which is what was happening to me. It had started freezing and requiring manual shutdown which was just making it worse. So yeah, I ended up re-formatting the HD and re-loading Tiger which I guess I coulda done in the first place but thought it would be too much of a hassle.... (and actually, it was, but that's another story, why do I always manage to complicate simple things?)...

On December 3, 2006 12:53 PM,
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