Re: Incorrect b-tree catalog?
Bruce Carter (bcarter@mentor.idbsu.edu)
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:21:06 EDT
At 5:28 PM 7/9/96, Barbara L. Branch wrote:
>I have a message on my hard drive when I shut down from Norton's which says
>that the b-tree catalog is incorrect. When I run Norton's I get a needs
>fixing message at node 4, 9, 11 (I think). When I choose Fix I get the same
>message back again with no repair done. When I read the report it says that
>their is an alias file with no file to which to attach. How can I get rid
>of the bug without carting my CPU to the campus bookstore for repair. I'm
>spending the summer on the University of Southern California campus working
>on my doctorate and have only a bike for transportation. Help!!! Thanks.
If you can work out the logistics, your best bet is probably to copy the
contents of the hard drive to another device, reinitialize the hard drive,
and copy your material back. Alternatively, you can try some of the other
repair utilities. Sometimes one can fix what another one cannot.
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Bruce Carter, Division Head Instructional Development Division
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center (208)385-1851@voice
Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 (208)385-1856@fax
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