msm26708@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S Mackovitch) (07/30/90)
HELP!!! I've got a small problem that's a big problem. I was working on my GS last night, when I went to through some files in the trash, it asked my to insert the disk that the files were on. BUT, the files were on a partition on my cartridge hard drive and it WAS in the drive! I quickly discovered that I had some bad blocks on that partition. AND the bad blocks were #2 and #9!!!! (and some other, less important blocks). Now, since the block #2 is bad, that partition is not recognized! I went into SPY.EDIT (a block editor) and found that everything else was there but it couldn't read block 2 or 9. I know that everything else is still on the partition but I can't get to it because the header is trashed. Is there a program that will reconstruct the header in block 2? Or at least be able to save all the files off that partition (so I could re-format etc... that partition). Thanks for ANY help... -mike P.S. NO, I don't have any backups of that partition. I just got the drive about 2 weeks ago, or so, and I haven't had the time or resources to start a routine backup schedule. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Mackovitch University of Illinois @ Urbana/Champaign Engineering Computer Science Co-op | msm26708@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu "I don't worry 'bout a thing, 'cause I know | -or- nothing's gonna be all right." -Mose Allison| coach@gagme.chi.il.us ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jschober@gnh-starport.cts.com (Joey Schober) (07/31/90)
In Reply To: msm26708@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S Mackovitch)
Yuppers, sure there's a way -- there exist several utilities to reconstruct
damaged disk directories and bitmaps. The one I (and most people) prefer is
ProSel; the 8-bit version is called "Mister Fixit", and the GS/OS version is
"Volume Repair". Both have similar capabilities. Basically you let it analyze
your volume in "M>ain directory repair" mode (tell it your bitmap is NOT valid,
since block 9 is also damaged), and then you go off and watch TV for awhile.
The program can (usually) reconstruct all SUBDIRECTORIES on your disk; however,
any files that were in the root (such as PRODOS, FINDER.DATA, things like that)
will be lost. If you've organized your hard disk in a "good" manner, the files
on the root will just be generic system files (PRODOS and the like) and you'll
have lost very little data.
As I understand it, Quality Computers' Bag of Tricks I and II also have similar
repair modes ("FixCat", I think it's called), but I've never used either one,
I'm afraid.
Good luck!
Joseph F. Schober, Sysop, StarPort BBS [703/931-0947 - 3/12/2400 baud]
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