1. OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
Folks, I've got a problem...
A program I'm using at work crashed, and from what I can tell,
it wrote some data to my hard disk's FAT32 (a Win95 system.)
Does anyone know of or have any program (preferably freeware,
but I'm getting desperate) that will let you *write* to the
FAT32, or to the disk cluster of your choice?
This incident, after ScanDisk got done 'fixing' things, put a
bad directory on my C:\ root. The directory just needs to be
gotten rid of... setting that "I'm deleted" flag would be enough.
But if I try to use any sort of DOS or Windows deletion command
or tool, it'll try to delete internal files and subdirectories.
There are none, but the bad data in the clusters makes it think
there is a subdirectory. This 'subdirectory', when opened, leads
to... the C:\ root. (And to think I used to like recursion before
this happened.)
Anyone? Help!
Rod Jackson
2. Re: OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
----- Original Message -----
From: Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 6:04 PM
Subject: OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
> Folks, I've got a problem...
>
> A program I'm using at work crashed, and from what I can tell,
> it wrote some data to my hard disk's FAT32 (a Win95 system.)
>
> Does anyone know of or have any program (preferably freeware,
> but I'm getting desperate) that will let you *write* to the
> FAT32, or to the disk cluster of your choice?
Norton's Disk Doctor will show you what is on a cluster, save it to a file,
edit directly, import a cluster from a file, and drop it on the platter.
It's been on my dos puter so long, i forgot how it got there.
Kat
3. Re: OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET>
Dec 13, 1999
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Last edited Dec 14, 1999
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:04:26 -0600, Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM>
wrote:
>Folks, I've got a problem...
Rod:
NUMBER 1 !!! DO A BACKUP OF ALL DATA BEFORE DOING ANYTHING !!!!
AFTER DOING THE BACKUP !!! try using DELTREE from DOS after
booting, hit the F8 key and go into the DOS PROMPT from the menu.
I repeat DO A BACKUP FIRST. If that doesn't work you can always
reinstall the OS and then selectivly reinstall the data from the
backup.
Bernie
4. Re: OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
- Posted by Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM>
Dec 13, 1999
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Last edited Dec 14, 1999
Any of the Norton DiskEdit's in /M for machine mode( meaning it can see the
boot) will probably allow you to hand edit it(as long as the version says it
handles fat32) . The full disk doctor will usually fix it, though I would want to
have a backup before I started on any of this. The cheapest other commercial
package that allows one to fix these things I think is Nuts and Bolts. I will
look through my freeware stack, but I don't remember one that will easily
allow you to fix this without taking a big chance of wiping out your root and
the rest of your disk with it.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
5. Re: OFF TOPIC: Program to write to FAT32
- Posted by Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM>
Dec 13, 1999
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Last edited Dec 14, 1999
Thanks to all who responded so very rapidly with this.
It *is* appreciated.
I went to Softseek and downloaded a trial version of
Norton Utilities 2000, which did the job... without me
needing to manually alter individual bits.
Considering 'we' are pretty much dead set on using the
software that caused this, I think I'll go ahead and
purchase this puppy for myself (in 30 days or so...)
Thanks again all,
Rod Jackson
