Double clicking on trash shows what seems to be a copy of my hard drive
My 21/2 year old daughter turned on my computer and started playing while unsupervised. Now my hard drive is named "x" and when I double click on the trash icon (which shows it is empty) I see what I would normally see if I double clicked on my hard drive icon. The machine boots fine and the internet connection even works, but I have these duplicate folders on my hard drive and trash. Needless to say there are many missing folders and my mail info is all missing and my address book is blank. I'm not so concerned with what I lost, but what is the best way to get back to normal. Of course I did not get my back-up scheme working yet. Any takers?
Mark:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If you did not get your backup working yet, now is the time to do it. Before you try to straighten things around you should make a backup of your computer.
Good luck.
cornelius
PismoG4 550, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS X (10.4.5) Mac OS X (10.4.5) Beige G3 OS 8.6
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