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From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Trashed AWP files
Message-ID: <1991May31.061918.6805@ee.ualberta.ca>
Date: 31 May 91 06:19:18 GMT
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In article <1991May30.220004.15616@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) writes:
>MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes:
>>>I've got three (at least) AppleWorks files that are trashed.  They are all
>>>Data Base files (despite the subject heading :)) and I get a "Error trying
>>>to read <filename>" message when I try to load them.  A couple of these
>>>are very important files - is there any way to restore them?
>
>>What VERSION are you using?  2.1 ate my HD volume directory for lunch.
>
>AppleWorks v3.0 is what I use.  Only patches I think are TimeOut and an
[...]
>Anyway, does anybody know how to ressurect AW files?

There is a program on GEnie (possible CI$ and AOL, I dunno) that can
salvage data from corrupted AW files.  Maybe I'll have to look for it
and download it if it's not too big and then I could post it to cba2.
-- 
      Jerry Penner	  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
jpenne@bode.ee.ualberta.ca	  or	   alberta!bode!jpenne