User Settings Reset

Question

Hello!
Tonight, I noticed that all of a sudden my menu bar had reset itself to "transparent…"
After a restart, I noticed that ALL my user settings had reset to Apple base defaults — default dock, default appearance settings, etc. I tried a second restart, but nothing changed.
Suggestions?

Answer 1

HI Daniel,
Might be a good time to boot from your install disk and check the start up disk.
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger and later) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
While you have the Disk Utility window open, look at the bottom of the window where you see Capacity and Available. Make sure there is always 10% free disk space. Not enough disk space can cause directory corruption.
Carolyn
Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit