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- DiskDoctor (V 1.3 and 2.04. Omitted after 2.04) (in
- C: directory)
-
-
- NAME
- DiskDoctor - Reconstructs the file structure of
- corrupted disks.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- DiskDoctor (drivename)
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This can be described in two words: it sucks. It is
- useless. It has no purpose on any computer. That is why
- it was removed after 2.04.
-
- The concept was to repair directory and file
- structures that were destroyed for any number of reasons.
- These reasons can be anything from removing the disk
- while it is still being accessed to a nuclear explosion.
- When any type of magnetism comes in contact with your
- floppy the data is scrambled and AmigaDOS can't read
- anything there. You will get a variety of errors such as
- 'Volume is not validated', 'Not a DOS disk', 'Disk is
- unreadable', or the ever so present 'Checksum Error' if
- such damage occured.
-
- Diskdoctor attempts to correct the damaged data on
- the disk and save as much of it as it can. DiskDoctor
- can only attempt to repair FFS disks if the DEVS:
- Mountlist is set to 0x444F5301 under the DOSTYPE keyword.
-
- DiskDoctor is quite reckless when it repairs your
- disk. You see, after it retrieves what data it can
- salvage overwriting other information that may still be
- used on the disk. It does this over- writing
- indescriminatly without recognition of importance or
- existence.
-
- Therefor, if you ever use DiskDoctor, make sure you
- are trying to repair a copy of your disk. There is no
- reason to use this when there are so many fabulous
- disksalvage programs. The most notible is DiskSalv
- created by David Haynie (former Commodore engineer and
- all around Amiga Demi-God). His program along with the
- many other USEFUL salvage programs that actually work are
- listed in the 'Replacements' selection of this reference
- program. Quarterback Tools (no longer being developed)
- and AmiBack Tools by Intelligent Designs are both running
- close second to DiskSalv.
-
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- I'M NOT GIVING ANY. THIS PROGRAM IS TOO STUPID AND
- USELESS TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH AN EXAMPLE.
-