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From: ncastellano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Is there a (reliable) CHKDSK for the ST?
Message-ID: <6405@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 90 16:15:36 GMT
References: hard disk, FAT integrity <1990Jan31.032956.28008@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1255@lzsc.ATT.COM>
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In article <1255@lzsc.ATT.COM>, hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:
> In article <1990Jan31.032956.28008@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, romwa@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Royal Ontario Museum) writes:
>> Sorry if this has come up before, but I am really in need of info
>> regarding a reliable way to verify the integrity of the FAT.
>> Hopefully, the program should also go ahead and fix lost clusters,
>> etc. as automatically as possible.
>> 
> fsck.prg was previously posted.  It works well up the 16 meg partitions.
> 
> Since TOS 1.4 supports up to 32 Meg partitions, I have modified fsck.prg.
> I will send it to anyone who writes.
> 
> Howard C. Johnson
> ATT Bell Labs
> =====NEW address====
> att!lzsc!hcj
> hcj@lzsc.att.com

I recently used this program to un-scramble a very scrambled partition on my
Megafile 30.  Only problem, was when I told it to reclaim unused clusters, it
also reclaimed a cluster that was marked bad in my FAT.  I had to restore it by
hand using a sector editor (I happened to know what sector it was.)  Are there
any programs out there which don't have this "feature"?



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