On Jan 14, at 13:09 | Jan14, Bob Spelten wrote:
> Op Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:08:45 +0100 schreef Dilwyn Jones
> <[email protected]>:
>
>> Does anyone know if it would be possible to reformat a WIN1_ partition on a
>> Qubide hard disk without losing the other partitions?
>>
> The ZERO option of the Partition program will wipe all directory info from
> the chosen partition, effectively removing all files.
> I believe that the separate WIPE_exe will do the same.
>
> Format will also wipe the table for the other partitions held on Win1_,
> making them inaccessible.
>
>> It looks like the member’s WIN1_ has a corrupt directory, with repeated
>> spurious names in the DIR list which can’t be deleted.
>>
>> Alternatively, does anyone know of a way of removing a single complete
>> directory in cases like this?
>>
> The Qubide tool WinEdit_obj has options to collect all blocks belonging to
> one file.
> I have never used this option myself and if the directory is corrupted, it
> may not be able to do a good job.
>
Ah sorry - my email overlapped with this one. Glad my memory served me right!
Tony
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