Hi Mateusz and Liam,
Thanks!
> (Mateusz)
> Simple: FAT16 doesn't support partitions bigger than 2GiB.
> So, you have to choose:
> - either you are sticking to FAT32
> - or you use only 2GiB partitions (for eg. 2 or 3 partitions on the drive,
> with each one having 2GiB max.)
> (Liam)
> You do know that the maximum legal size for a FAT16 partition is 2GB?
Yes, I realize that each FAT16 partition can only be 2 GB. I was
trying to have 3 partitions in the 6 GB disk.
This was an attempt to avoid FAT32, because I do not know how
reliable its recovery tools are. If they are reliable, then I
will gladly adopt FAT32 :-)
> (Mateusz)
> First of all, I think it would help if you could define what an "illegal"
> file exactly is from your point of view...
For lack of a better term, I'm calling "illegal" those folders or
files that:
- appear out of nowhere
- have strange names including unprintable characters and
fragments of text from existing files
- cannot be erased or moved
- ironically, *can* be copied to other hard disks
> (Liam)
> For what it's worth, in the old days of DOS, I used to use Norton
> Disk Doctor for recovering badly-damaged volumes. Scandisk is
> about the next best thing, but NDD was considerably better. You
> can probably find it as abandonware somewhere now.
I'll look for it.
Regards,
Marcos
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