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No System Folder?

    13-Nov-91 18:14:38
Sb: No System Folder?
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Sysop (X)
I think I did something stupid during my installation of System 7. Half-following the advice in one of the System 7 installation guides here on Compuserve, I removed the System and Finder files from my 6.0.5 System folder, then renamed the System folder to something else, and then installed a fresh System 7. In other words, I had no System folder left on this disk. (I think I should have left one there?) When I installed S7, it put the folders for "Startup Items," "Control Panels," "Extensions," etc. all at the top level of my hard disk. There's also a suitcase file called "System" at this level. But there's no "System" folder. I'm supposed to have one, right? If so, what can I do to repair this strange install? If not, then shouldn't all these folders be sub-folders of a System-like folder, instead of cluttering my top-level window for this hard disk?