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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: PKZip 2.04c quick impressions
- Message-ID: <bontchev.726784747@fbihh>
- Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News)
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- Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- References: <1993Jan5.172729.23504@midway.uchicago.edu> <814@ulogic.UUCP> <3559@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> <834@ulogic.UUCP>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 20:39:07 GMT
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- hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman) writes:
-
- > :Actually PKZIP does the opposite. If a sector is marked BAD in the
- > :FAT its quick format removes the mark making it good again. A very
- > :bad thing for file integrity.
-
- > AAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCKCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!
-
- > Tell me you are joking!!! Please!?!????!?!?!???????
-
- Not at all, it depends on the option used. If you tell it to "wipe all
- files on the disk", it will just zero the FAT and the root directory.
- Now, if a cluster is marked as bad in the FAT, zeroing the FAT will
- "mark" this cluster as a good one again.
-
- Conclusion: if you have bad clusters on your diskettes, don't use the
- -&w option; use -&f instead. Or even better - don't use those
- diskettes.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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