perkins@acf8.UUCP (Mark E. Perkins) (03/15/88)
Is there any way of knowing to which file a specific disk block
belongs? There are three blocks on my hard disk (MacBottom HD45) that
are unreadable. This is established by using disk verification programs
(Disk Express, MacZap) and disk/file editors (MacZap, MacSnoop).
According to MacZap (using the Volume Information window), two of these
blocks are in an area that is currently unoccupied. I suspect they used
to belong to a text file that got trashed recently. The third is part
of some file. How can I find out which file?
I talked to customer service at PCPC, and they recommend re-fomatting
the disk to get rid of the problem blocks. I have a recent back-up of
the HD, but I don't want to restore a faulty file after re-formatting.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Mark Perkins
Internet: mark@vml.psych.nyu.edu (that's VEE-EM-ELL)
Usenet: {seismo|ihnp4|allegra}!cmcl2!vml!mark
US Mail: Department of Psychology, NYU
6 Washington Place, room 970
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-7861denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (03/16/88)
From article <1560045@acf8.UUCP>, by perkins@acf8.UUCP (Mark E. Perkins): > > Is there any way of knowing to which file a specific disk block > belongs? There are three blocks on my hard disk (MacBottom HD45) that > are unreadable. > The third is part > of some file. How can I find out which file? I don't have an answer for the first problem, but I have one for the second. Use MacTools (from Copy II mac) to verify all the individual files. The one that doesn't verify contains the bad block. I just tried it with copy II mac 7.0 and it was a pain. I had to click OK after every file. I hope that you can come up with a better way. -- William C. DenBesten | denbeste@bgsu.edu Dept of Computer Science | CSNET denbeste%andy.bgsu.edu@relay.cs.net Bowling Green State University | UUCP ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bgsuvax!denbeste Bowling Green, OH 43403-0214 |