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- From: muaddib@xs4all.nl (thomas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Software protection
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 18:25:00 GMT
- Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
- Message-ID: <1780.6575T1177T555@xs4all.nl>
- References: <john.hendrikx.42m7@grafix.xs4all.nl> <4c1bnj$at8@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
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- >john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx) wrote:
- >>In a message of 23 Dec 95 Magnus Holmgren wrote to All:
- >>
- >> MH>>> Not really, no. Quite simple to access the data on the HD anyway.
- >> Boot MH>>> from a floppy with DiskSalv3, and off you go. ;) I used that
- >> MH>>> technique to salvage some data from a friends HD using a different
- >> MH>>> controller (his disk didn't use standard RDB, so we had to do it this
- >> MH>>> way when, his controller died). It took a while, but that was largely
- >> MH>>> due to the fact that his Amiga only had an 68000. ;)
- >>
- >> JH>> Okay, so we should use the AFS filesystem instead :-) I had no idea
- >> MH> DiskSalvcould grab stuff from the HD when there aren't any partitions
- >> MH> mounted on it.
- >>
- >> MH> But DiskSalv will support AFS in the future. Any decent disk recovery
- >> MH> program should have a "partition scanner", IMHO.
- >>
- >>DiskSalv 4.x now has AFS support, however it cannot repair a partition, only
- >>salvage and backup work. I'm not sure if the partition scanner will work
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- >There is now also a programme include in the AFS distribution
- >called diskvalid. This will check an AFS partition and, if
- >necessary fix any bit map errors.
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- >This programme was initially developed by the AFS team as a
- >resource to enable independent check to ensure that the
- >disksalvAFs beta versions and the the Re-orgAFs betaversions
- >are producing correctresults. We have included t6his tool in
- >the distribution for all current users.
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- >BTW For those who are not familiar with the current
- >development stages of AFS we will be posting some detailed
- >information to this news group on the 2nd January. this will
- >include the detailed programme for new features being released
- >during the first quarter of 1996.
-
- >david S.
- >
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