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From: bisanabi@vrdxhq.UUCP (Paul Paloski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Recovering file that DIR says is 0 bytes.
Message-ID: <4142@vrdxhq.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 09:38:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: vrdxhq.4142
Posted: Thu Jul 23 09:38:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 06:54:30 EDT
Organization: Verdix Corporation, Chantilly, VA
Lines: 32
Keywords: FAT, file closing


Five days ago I was using Procomm to communicate with a BBS.  I had a
log file open to capture all data being displayed on my terminal.
After about an hour of scrolling messages (I was going to read and
sort them later), I promptly logged out and powered the machine off
without exiting Procomm.  It immediately dawned on me that the FAT may
not have been updated.  I held my breath and turned my AT on again.
Sure enough, the file size was listed as 0 bytes !  Argghhh!  I didn't
want to waste another hour tying up the BBS, so I spent 2 hours trying
to figure a way to make Norton Utilities recover the data, and another
hour rummaging through some text books.  I decided against trying to
write a program that I would never use again, and ended up calling the
BBS back.

Well, last night I did it again !!  Guess my mind is a little slow at
3 A.M.  when I get up at 6:00.  Does anyone have a program that will
start at a given sector, follow the pointers around, and group them
into a file ??  I can figure out which sector the data begins at, and
know the actual text that begins and ends the session.

Preference : 1) Give me the name/location of a PD program that does.
             2) Give me the name/location of a commercial program that does.
             3) Can someone post/mail me a program that does this ?

I'm going to wait a couple days before I do anything that will reuse
those sectors.  Mail me directly and I will post a summary.

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