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    Weird problem with my mac.

    My Hard Drive was renamed to: fgh87po9876[][po87654323456789[]

    How could this have happened? I'm new-ish to macs and would like to know if this is some sort of evilness, or a massive coincidence. How could you feasibly rename the drive without actually clicking on it with the mouse? Weird!
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    Also anyway of finding out when the drive was renamed? May be if I can put it down to a time and place that might provide me with an answer.

    Cheers.

    Macbook Pro wth OSX v10.5.8 btw....

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    got a cat? might have walked across the keyboard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ving View Post
    got a cat? might have walked across the keyboard.
    I don't have any animals. Maybe something fell on top of it... multiple times! This ones got me confused, and tbh a little concerned!

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotteffone View Post
    My Hard Drive was renamed to: fgh87po9876[][po87654323456789[]

    How could this have happened? I'm new-ish to macs and would like to know if this is some sort of evilness, or a massive coincidence. How could you feasibly rename the drive without actually clicking on it with the mouse? Weird!
    Wrong forum - try here Mactalk

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkW View Post
    Wrong forum - try here Mactalk
    I posted it on another mac forum. I just figured there is likely to be a few mac users here and they may have an idea too.

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    Just rename it back, used to work at a mac store and had this issue come up once a day

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    Quote Originally Posted by dowden photography View Post
    Just rename it back, used to work at a mac store and had this issue come up once a day

    O.k. thanks.

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    Select the HD icon and go Cmd I to get information on the drive, you could have selected it without noticing! I have done that with a file before, more careful these days! Just rename it.
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