Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: 20GB experience + a few questions
> > Any good ol' HD sector editor will do as well if you've got the time (and
> as
> > long as the NTFS partition isn't encrypted)
>
> How is it possible to recover that way? I can imagine to recover some text
> but what about zip archives?
> BTW which HD sector editor do you consider as good? While I am on it which
> would easily fill unpartitioned space (from cylinder to cylinder) with 1's?
A HD sector editor would let you manually alter the master file directory,
then let you chain files together sector by sector by hand.
Since all directories pretty much are laid out like: Directory Listing for
File0001 points to first HD sector #####, with pointer to second sector, which
points to second HD sector ##### and has a pointer to the their sector....
..it is merely a matter of locating the first sector of your ZIP (or any other
file you want to recover), locating the second sector, and so forth, then
making sure the directory is properly updated with this information.
Yes, you can spend days working on this recovering multi-MB files by hand,
but it works fine.
--
As for a program that writes 1's to disk, I wouldn't know. I'd just write a
program myself. Maybe www.softseek.com or www.deja.com/usenet has some clues.
> 1 From time to time I hear a rather loud click inside and Windeows freezes
> in that moment. This problem was present from the first time I installed the
> drive. What that could be?
Does Windows crash or do anything bad? It's either the HD head moving about,
or HD failure. Both IBM and Toshiba have low-level diagnostics programs you
can run on the HD to make sure nothing bad is happening, just in case.
> 2 Some time ago I read from your page about SIIG PCMCIA fan. Have you seen
> Win2k drivers for it?
No idea. But one person who did try it recommended against it. It is such a
tight fit that it damaged the MB/circuitry around the area and caused problems
for that one person.
however,that was merely an example of stupidity. If the card, if out of spec
sizewise, was too hard to squeeze in, then why did that person proceed? I'm
sure another PCMCIA fan card, if the proper size, would fit just fine and not
cause problems.
Remember, for all electronic equipment, it shouldn't need much force to put
together. If it does, something is most likely wrong and you shouldn't force
it in -- or else you'll risk damage.
d =)
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