Why does Spring Cleaning freeze or give an error while scanning my hard drive in a particular module?
The 1.0.1 update eliminates a few issues dealing with memory management. Make sure version 1.0.1 is being used before worrying about the other possibilities. You can download version 1.0.1 from the updates section of our web site. A corrupt file or font can cause a freeze or error during the scanning process. Try running Norton Utilities, MacTools, or some other disk repair program that can detect corruption. If you don’t have one of these programs then Apple’s Disk First Aid (provided with your system software) will at least perform simple repairs. If those programs do not find any problems and you still suspect a corruption, you can try to manually eliminate the possible corrupt files. If you are running Prefs Cleaner or Font Remover, you would use a process of elimination to try and determine which files/fonts might be corrupted. Try removing half of the files/fonts from their folder and place them in a temporary folder. Run the module again and see if you get the same error. If you
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