... My most valuable client (wife) has a problem (other than me). She has a disk that has LOTS of data on it, mainly pictures, many are not replaceable.
We go to a the drive and can go to g:\My Documents\My Pictures\ and if we know the directory name, we can "cd" directly to a sub directory and files are there. But we don't know all the directory names there. When we do a 'dir' (ls for those that forgot their DOS commands :) it lists many directories, then it says there is a 'directory error', and no additional directories are listed. I am sure they are still there. What I want to do is to use some kind of disk editor to get in and edit the directory entry (it might be a group of entries from a spurious wright.). I think that there may have been a spurious write, but not sure. But for sure there is some 'minor' problem in the directory structure. I have tried several 'recover deleted files' programs, but not everything came back. I found some computer forensics software that should let me edit the drive, but it looks like it can't get sector level access since it is obfuscated behind a USB structure. I could be a big hero to my honey if I can get back even most of the 'lost' pictures. Let the brain trust suggestions flow! (Yes, backups. ... I have already flogged myself more than is healthy over that, now on to solving the problem at hand.) Back in CP/M days I could do this with several programs, but times have changed. ... Help is needed! ><> ... Jack Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - Henry J. Tillman "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
