At 14:31 4-6-00 -0300, you wrote: > >Does it also 'relocate' used sectors before it marks them as 'bad'??? > >Otherwise the file sizes etc. will become incorrect, and the fat will become > >quite a mess, resulting in more damage than only the file itself. This > >damage can by the wasy quite easily be undone. > > No! (-; This is why the original BADSCAN only marks "not used" sectors as >bad. I updated it to mark used also, but then I have to use CHKDSK (which >KNOWS bad sectors) to "cut" the files at the bad sectors position. The >error is that CHKDSK puts the FFF mark in the place of the BadSector mark, >when a file is "cutted". So, after run CHKDSK we have to run BADSCAN again. >This is why I'm trying to integrate them... And about relocate bad sectors... >I think maybe there is no way... (-; Not using the default (standard) read >methods. Oops, the proper value to write for a bad cluster is #FF7.shouldn't be that hard to fix I guess. > >I think (because of what you told me) not. In that case I'd prefer to have > >the info I requested so that I can make my own program. Then I'm sure it > >does what I want (and what it should do). > > If it's possible. Why shouldn't it be possible? GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #36126979 **** MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet ****
