tclark@hawk.ulowell.edu (T.C. Clark) (01/07/89)
I'm trying to recover some data on a 3.5" disk and was wondering if someone could give me a brief idea of how ProDos disks are organized. I've deciphered some of block #2 as far as the 16 byte file and directory names followed by filetype codes. But how about byte offsets to subdirectories and 'deleted' flags etc...? To be more specific, I have 3.5" disk with point-to-point and appleworks directories chosen with run-run. I somehow trashed the whole aworks directory (the directory is there but it's filled with garbage). thanks, tom -----------> tclark@hawk.ulowell.edu
dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) (01/07/89)
In article <11105@swan.ulowell.edu> tclark@hawk.ulowell.edu (T.C. Clark) writes: > > I'm trying to recover some data on a 3.5" disk and was wondering > if someone could give me a brief idea of how ProDos disks are > organized. I've deciphered some of block #2 as far as the 16 byte > file and directory names followed by filetype codes. But how about > byte offsets to subdirectories and 'deleted' flags etc...? > Although it is very organized, it is quite messy to describe. I suggest you get a copy of Beneath Apple Prodos by Quality Software. It covers just about everything in a readable form. Dave Whitney Third year undergraduate student in Computer Science at MIT dcw@athena.mit.edu ...!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw dcw@goldilocks.mit.edu I wrote Z-Link. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info. "This is MIT. Collect and 3rd party calls will not be accepted at this number."
STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) (01/07/89)
I suggest you take a look at Beneath Apple Prodos by Don Worth and
Pieter Lechner, which contains a complete description of the Prodos
file structure.
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