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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 977295" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Possibly corrupted boot sectors on the drive. If you're thinking about reinstalling the OS's, consider dedicating a separate drive for OS 9. It operates better from smaller drives, so 80 Gb would be ideal, then a larger drive, eg. 250 Gb, for OS X.</p><p></p><p>You might also consider running Onyx (v 1.8.5) <a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english/apps.html" target="_blank">Titanium Software</a> to check for any OS problems, run maintenance scripts, and to repair permissions.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Are you aware btw that Classic (OS 9) is part of Tiger, and you can run Classic apps without having to boot into OS 9? I opted to put another dedicated OS 9 drive in my old b/w G3 because of valuable files created in earlier OS, plus the wealth of wonderful folder and application icons made in the days of OS 9.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 977295, member: 56231"] Possibly corrupted boot sectors on the drive. If you're thinking about reinstalling the OS's, consider dedicating a separate drive for OS 9. It operates better from smaller drives, so 80 Gb would be ideal, then a larger drive, eg. 250 Gb, for OS X. You might also consider running Onyx (v 1.8.5) [url=http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english/apps.html]Titanium Software[/url] to check for any OS problems, run maintenance scripts, and to repair permissions. [size=1]Are you aware btw that Classic (OS 9) is part of Tiger, and you can run Classic apps without having to boot into OS 9? I opted to put another dedicated OS 9 drive in my old b/w G3 because of valuable files created in earlier OS, plus the wealth of wonderful folder and application icons made in the days of OS 9.[/size] [/QUOTE]
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