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Re: HELP! Executor KILLS DATA !!!



>>>>> "Steff" == Naeff Stefan MSM PH85 CH <stefan.naeff@chbs.MHS.CIBA.COM> writes:
In article <m0uGVWI-000GPcC@gwar.ardi.com> "Naeff Stefan MSM PH85 CH" <stefan.naeff@chbs.MHS.CIBA.COM> writes:


    Steff> I have a SCSI Syquest EZ Drive with 135MB cartdidges. I use
    Steff> 2 cartridges that I formatted on my PowerMac 6100. First I
    Steff> used them some days with Executor/DOS 1.99q12 and
    Steff> 2.00beta(r3) under Windows 95 on a Pentium 90 Laptop with
    Steff> an Adaptec PCMCIA SCSI-Kit. It worked absolutely fine but
    Steff> suddenly the incredible happend: I coudn't read one of the
    Steff> cartridges any more and today I even coudn't read the
    Steff> second one. I also can't read them on the PowerMac any
    Steff> more. It seems like Executor has done something very
    Steff> strange with them.

    Steff> WHAT CAN I DO? CAN ANYBODY HELP ME? I have some quite
    Steff> important data on the two cartridges.  Hoping for a good
    Steff> Idea...

The first thing you should do is write-protect both cartridges.  If
the filesystem is corrupt then further writing to the filesystem may
make things worse.

The second thing to do is make byte-for-byte copies of the cartridges
so that you can experiment on the copies.  You'll need to find someone
who has 135 MB of free hard disk space and some sort of utility that
can copy a cartridge to disk.  Under Linux or other UNIX like systems
that should be easy to do.  I'm not sure how easy it is to do under
other systems.

Once you have duplicate cartridges you should try the latest Norton
Utilities for the Macintosh, run on a real Mac, not under Executor.  I
believe Symantec is the company that makes NU for Mac and that it may
now be bundled with or included in Symantec's own product.  Norton may
be able to repair any filesystem damage or allow you to extract the
most valuable data from your cartridge.

If Norton can't help you out it may still be possible to recover the
data by doing a raw search through the cartridge.

If you can write up and send to us a detailed description of what you
were doing with the cartridges and any irregularities you may have
seen (error messages, Executor deaths, etc.), we will see if we can
find anything that could have caused this trouble.  The only thing I
can think of that might cause this would be if you were running a disk
cache on your system when you were running Executor.

    Steff> Steff stefan.naeff@chbs.mhs.ciba.com

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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