CompuServe Thread

#Disk Salvage Help

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#527From: CHIP MATTSONJul 16, 1988 4:52 AM
Ti#uKT8}9tis Don, Copying the file listed as 'empty' to another file to save the data worked great. That's a neat trick. Next time I'll know better and stop the capture to close the file properly. Thanks, Chip.
#682From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJul 16, 1988 10:12 PM
Chip, Glad I could help. The reason it works is that since the file was closed properly due to the disk being full, the actual filesize isn't written out to the header block…but the full disk map and links are still available. Copy uses those, rather than the filesize, to make another copy…so it gets the whole file, or what there is of it anyway. Don
#683From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJul 16, 1988 10:12 PM
Chip, Whoops…just as I was saving that I noticed a boo boo.. the first line should say NOT closed properly, rather than closed properly. Sorry for the error. Don