On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
> Just lost/ erased a text file on my XT. On my other computers I do not
> bother too long and use unerase from Norton. I planned to do same on the XT
> but found out that it was a no go. Unerase, at least the version I have,
> wants to have a minimum 286 processor. Is there a version which works on my
> XT? Somebody has another program which works on the XT?
> Please email me direct because I am on the digest and waiting for that would
> prevent me too long from working wit my XT :-).
> If I seem unusually clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I
> said <Greenspan>
Whatever you do, do NOT put whatever software you end up
trying for this onto the harddrive of the XT until you've
tried the recovery and either succeeded or given up.
Adding anything to the drive you want to work on puts the
deleted file at risk of becoming gone for ever.
Instead, bring the undelete application into the XT on a
floppy, and run it from there.
If you really really need this file and none of the apps you
try work, I recommend "zapit" (on simtelnet) as an easy to
use hex editor (of sorts) that will also let you look
directly at your disk. You'll need to know something about
how DOS marks files as deleted, and how to read a FAT table
(with any luck you'll have defragged recently and be able to
skip that one :))
Good luck,
R.
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