Re: Re: Which NT service Pack to use?

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:45:48 -0400

WinMac Digest #332 - Friday, June 4, 1999

  Re: Flashing Question Mark
          by "Jerry Smith" <jerryfs@saipan.com>
  Re: "Happy99.exe" virus comments
          by "Marc Bizer" <mlbizer@mail.utexas.edu>
  Which NT service Pack to use?
          by "Changhsu P. Liu" <cpl874@optimum.com>
  Re: Which NT service Pack to use?
          by "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
  Re: Re: Which NT service Pack to use?
          by "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>

Subject: Re: Flashing Question Mark
From: Jerry Smith <jerryfs@saipan.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:59:37 +1000
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"Kimmey, Dennis" <DKIMMEY@IGC.com> wrote:

>Help! Help!
>
>One of our Mac users was transferring files from her Mac (PowerMac 7600/120
>OS 8.5.1) to an NT 4.0 SP3) Server when it suddenly flashed a message to the
>effect "an error of type [a number she can't remember] has occurred]", then
>displayed the disk icon with a flashing question mark inside it.
>
>I tried booting with a Disk Tools 8.5.1 disk, but it gave me a dialog box
>asking if I wanted to initialize the hard drive. Same thing when I booted
>from an external hard drive containing a universal install of the Mac OS.
>
>Unfortunately the last full backup was done in November. Does anyone have
>any ideas how the data can be saved or know of a good data recovery company?

I had a similar problem with the hard drive on my new Powerbook last week:
a flashing question mark and an unrecognizable/unmountable drive when
booting externally. Neither Disk First Aid, Norton Utilities 4.0, or
Techtool Pro 2.1.1 could do a thing with it. Then I tried Alsoft's
DiskWarrior, and it did the trick. It was able to rebuild the file
directory so that the drive was mountable and accessible again.

That was my first experience with Diskwarrior and I was quite impressed.
Its kind of expensive, but I figured it paid for itself that first time.

Good luck,

Jerry

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Jerry Smith
Northern Marianas College
jerryfs@saipan.com

Subject: Re: "Happy99.exe" virus comments
From: Marc Bizer <mlbizer@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:00:55 +0200
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On 6/3/99 at 5:14 PM -0400, Daniel L. Schwartz wrote:
> [Note to moderator of WinMac list: Does your LISTSERV
>software strip off
>attachments? Please let us ALL know!]

Our list software, which is Mac-based LetterRip, not listserv, strips
off MIME-encoded attachments. Unfortunately, non-MIME encoded
attachments can slip through...

        --Marc

Subject: Which NT service Pack to use?
From: "Changhsu P. Liu" <cpl874@optimum.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 15:03:06 -0400
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With so many service packs for NT, can I just use the latest one (service
pak 5) on a freshly installed NT4a instead of going thru service pak 2, 3,
4 then 5? In other words, does Service Pak 5 have all the components in the
previous service paks?

Thanks for the help,

Changhsu Liu
cpl874@optimum.com

Subject: Re: Which NT service Pack to use?
From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 16:26:50 -0400
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        Service Packs are cumulative. SP5, however, has a handy feature if you
only want to upgrade 1 or 2 machines: You download a small setup file that
polls your system, and only downloads the files you need. This is handy if
you have a slow connection.

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 03:03 PM 6/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>With so many service packs for NT, can I just use the latest one (service
>pak 5) on a freshly installed NT4a instead of going thru service pak 2, 3,
>4 then 5? In other words, does Service Pak 5 have all the components in the
>previous service paks?
>
>
>
>Thanks for the help,
>
>
>Changhsu Liu
>cpl874@optimum.com
>
>
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Subject: Re: Re: Which NT service Pack to use?
From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:45:48 -0400
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        Tim,

        I agree with you 100%... But then, look again at the *two* qualifications
I placed on the mini setup for SP5:

        1) Only 1 or 2 machines;

        2) Slow modem connection.

        "(S)ince I [you] deal with large numbers of computers" then most likely
you also have an Internet connection that could sustain a 36 megabyte
transfer without being bounced. If not, write back and I'll set up a
private FTP session for you. :)

        [Note: This offer is open to all... Write me off list.]

        Cheers!
        Dan
         

At 06:32 PM 6/4/99 -0400, Tim wrote:
>Unfortunately since I deal with large numbers of computers and it's
>harder to get the full install than the install that you mentioned
>I'm not overly fond of it.
>
>Also since you will have to reinstall at some point why download it
>every time you install?
>
>> Service Packs are cumulative. SP5, however, has a handy feature if you
>>only want to upgrade 1 or 2 machines: You download a small setup file that
>>polls your system, and only downloads the files you need. This is handy if
>>you have a slow connection.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>At 03:03 PM 6/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >With so many service packs for NT, can I just use the latest one (service
>> >pak 5) on a freshly installed NT4a instead of going thru service pak 2, 3,
>> >4 then 5? In other words, does Service Pak 5 have all the components in
the
>> >previous service paks?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks for the help,
>> >
>> >
>> >Changhsu Liu
>> >cpl874@optimum.com

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