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Re: HELP! Executor KILLS DATA!



>>>>> "Steff" == Stefan Naeff <naeff@ubaclu.unibas.ch> writes:
In article <31922C20.3E8A@ubaclu.unibas.ch> Stefan Naeff <naeff@ubaclu.unibas.ch> writes:


    Steff> My problem in executor-digest V2 #139 was: I have a SCSI
    Steff> Syquest EZ Drive with 135MB cartdidges. I use 2 cartridges
    Steff> that I formatted on my PowerMac 6100. First I used them
    Steff> some days with Executor/DOS 1.99q12 and 2.00beta(r3) under
    Steff> Windows 95 on a Pentium 90 Laptop with an Adaptec PCMCIA
    Steff> SCSI-Kit. It worked absolutely fine but suddenly the
    Steff> incredible happend: I coudn't read one of the cartridges
    Steff> any more and today I even coudn't read the second one. I
    Steff> also can't read them on the PowerMac any more. It seems
    Steff> like Executor has done something very strange with them.
    Steff> WHAT CAN I DO? CAN ANYBODY HELP ME? I have some quite
    Steff> important data on the two cartridges.  Hoping for a good
    Steff> Idea...

    Steff> My (Steff's) solution: I was able to restore all data on
    Steff> the two cartridges with Norton Disk Doctor (Buh, I'm lucky!
    Steff> Cliff, thanks a lot for your fast answer!!!).

Whew!

Work is being done on a HFS repairing program.  The work isn't being
done by ARDI, but hopefully we will be able to redistribute it.

    Steff> But I still don't know the cause of the problem! I work a
    Steff> lot with the cave survey program "Toporobot". Because I'm
    Steff> testing the compatibility of that program to Executor I
    Steff> work with 'unfinished versions' and have often a crash of
    Steff> Executor. Perhaps this could be the reason. I run Executor
    Steff> under Windows 95 and I think it uses an internal disk
    Steff> caching program. Should I use some special settings
    Steff> concerning Windows 95's disk caching behavior ?

Someone else posted some mods you could make so Win '95 wouldn't
cache.  I don't know whether those mods help, in fact, our Win '95
machine (a laptop) was stolen (out of my car).  We hope to have a new
Win '95 machine, soon.

NOTE: Real Macs do this occasionally, too, although real Macs are
better at detecting the errors early and are better at automatically
doing some clean up when minor problems are found.

    Steff> I have saved the log files of the data recovering my
    Steff> NDD. If this would be helpful for anyone I could send it to
    Steff> him.

I don't think it would help right now.  Thanks for the offer.

    Steff> Steff (sorry for my really bad english...)
    Steff> naeff@ubaclu.unibas.ch

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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