Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!alex From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The dreaded "Folder from Hell" problem revisited Message-ID: <1990Jun13.105205.3002@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Date: 13 Jun 90 10:52:05 GMT References: <56444.2673B565@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Organization: Workman & Associates Lines: 22 Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes: >> Drat! I have just inherited the dreaded "Folder from Hell" problem... >> >> I would like to try to fix up the disk. If I screw it up and have to reformat >> and restore from floppy, that's OK, but if I'm going to have to do that, I'd >> like to take a crack at fixing it up first. In addition to information about >> the structure and format of the disk, are there any other utilities, PD or >> commercial or otherwise that would allow me to look at the Btrees in a >> symbolic or meaningful manner and restore the structure? If you can't fix this, and still need data retrieved, call me. (I tried to reply, but our fidonet connection is weak...) Alex -- Alex Pournelle, freelance thinker Also: Workman & Associates, Data recovery for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; BIX: alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 fax: (818) 794-2297 bbs: 791-1013; 8N1 24/12/3