Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!slhood From: slhood@bluemoon.uucp (Stephen L. Hood) Subject: Re: corrupted file Message-ID: Sender: bbs@bluemoon.uucp (BBS Login) Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[0][2][4]) References: <1991Jun15.153834.9633@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 91 10:08:09 EDT 881045m@aucs.AcadiaU.ca ( MUISE) writes: > > > I have a critical Appleworks2.2 word-pro. doc. that is corrupted. > I can not open it , even as a text file in Jumpstart . I get > directory error $51 and error block $2D . The file can't be > copied as a file , only as part of the entire disk . (It's > on a 3.5) I also got I/O error on block $6920 . I thought > 3.5 only had 1600 blocks ?!?! I tried to view the file as text > and as hex in CopyII+9.1 no dice . I used the disk mapping > utility and the file itself is fragmented all over the disk. > I used GS/OS to get info and it still gives valid info > (ie 16.5k , type , etc) . How can some info still be there and > the rest not(ie the text itself) . This is a critical file > for a local business . The apple dealer has NO tools to > help his customers , so I'm the last resort . HELP. > > P.S. sorry about the previous posting , I had a system problem . > -Richard , still fumbling away in UNIX !! Hmmm. 'Tis a nasty problem. I believe that I have seen some utilties (advertised in A+/Incider) to salvage damaged AppleWorks files. You might want to look there. Of course, there is a little utility called DARK that always worked wonders on my damaged disks. However, I always used that back in the days of DOS 3.3. I'm really not sure if DARK will a) work on a ProDOS disk, or b) work on anything other than a 5.25" disk. Anyone else have some ideas? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Hood "WARNING: MOS circuits are subject to damage from static discharge!" Internet: slhood@bluemoon.uucp UUCP : ...osu-cis!n8emr!bluemoon!slhood