Hi,
I got great assistance on this forum for a similar problem, but the solutions that worked so well then do not appear to be working now.
Background: I am running OS 10.3.9 on an eMac. I dragged some large files to the trash (several GB) to make space on the HD after backing up the files and when I chose "Empty Trash", the remaining Desktop items disappeared.
Based on previous advice, I did an Archive and Install with the original disks, then did fsck -fy/ and mount -uw on Terminal, and deleted com.apple.finder.plist. When I type ls / on Terminal I get a list of folders including the following:
Desktop (Mac OS9)
Desktop DB
Desktop DF
Desktop Folder
However of these, only Desktop (Mac OS9)is visible in the Macintosh HD when I reboot, and I guess one of the others contains my desktop items.
I ran Disk Warrior, but when it presented me with a draft of a new file directory, I chickened out of implementing it in case I lost my desktop items permanently.
My question is - should I have let Disk Warrior fully re-build the directory, and what else can I do to get my desktop folders back.
Sorry for the long story, just trying to anticipate any questions, but please ask if I can give more information.
Thanks so much, and sorry for troubling you so near Christmas,
Micheal,
Ireland
PS I followed the previous detailed MacOsX.com advice on the steps in Terminal, and did nothing adventurous, as I know very little about its use.
I got great assistance on this forum for a similar problem, but the solutions that worked so well then do not appear to be working now.
Background: I am running OS 10.3.9 on an eMac. I dragged some large files to the trash (several GB) to make space on the HD after backing up the files and when I chose "Empty Trash", the remaining Desktop items disappeared.
Based on previous advice, I did an Archive and Install with the original disks, then did fsck -fy/ and mount -uw on Terminal, and deleted com.apple.finder.plist. When I type ls / on Terminal I get a list of folders including the following:
Desktop (Mac OS9)
Desktop DB
Desktop DF
Desktop Folder
However of these, only Desktop (Mac OS9)is visible in the Macintosh HD when I reboot, and I guess one of the others contains my desktop items.
I ran Disk Warrior, but when it presented me with a draft of a new file directory, I chickened out of implementing it in case I lost my desktop items permanently.
My question is - should I have let Disk Warrior fully re-build the directory, and what else can I do to get my desktop folders back.
Sorry for the long story, just trying to anticipate any questions, but please ask if I can give more information.
Thanks so much, and sorry for troubling you so near Christmas,
Micheal,
Ireland
PS I followed the previous detailed MacOsX.com advice on the steps in Terminal, and did nothing adventurous, as I know very little about its use.