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- The protection scheme for MS word is quite good. The last track
- is formatted with 256 byte sectors. One sector, however, has
- an ID that says it is a 1K sector. If you try to read it as a 256
- byte sector, you'll get a sector not found. You can read it as a
- 1K sector with a guaranteed CRC error, and you will get the data
- and other sector overhead from 3+ sectors. They read it as 1K, and
- use the bytes after the first 256 for decryption. These bytes
- constitute the post-amble of the sector, the inter-sector gap, and
- the preamble to the next 256 byte sector. If it's not formatted
- with the correct inter-sector gap, it wont work.
-
- The best way around this is to modify the MWCOPY program so it
- will let you make more than one copy. The below mods will let
- you make as many backups as you want (and you can leave the
- write protect tab on your master disk). Of course, this method
- should only be used by registered owners of Word. If you, or any
- of your IMF force is killed, the secretary will disavow any
- knowledge of these patches.
-
- We will copy MWCOPY to another disk, using another name (MWCP) so
- you'll know it's the special version, and then modify MWCP.
-
- (with master disk in A:, B: has any disk with debug on it)
- A>copy mwcopy.com b:mwcp.com
- A>b:
- B>debug mwcp.com
- -e103
- xxxx:0103 0x.00
- -e148
- xxxx:0148 A5.a7
- -e194
- xxxx:0194 02.04
- -e32a
- xxxx:032A 1C.1e
- -e32e
- xxxx:032E 1C.1e
- -e3372
- xxxx:3372 01.03
- -ecfe
- xxxx:0CFE CD.90<space>26.90<space>
- xxxx:0D00 5B.90
- -e4ab
- xxxx:04AB 1B.84
- -e69a
- xxxx:069A C1.b9<space>38.ff<space>28.b9
- -e7b3
- xxxx:07B3 A2.5f<space>08.e9
- -e66f
- xxxx:066F E5.d8<space>
- xxxx:0670 94.29<space>90.ff<space>29.b9
- -w
- Writing 332D bytes
- -q
- B>mwcp (try making a copy..remember,
- leave the write-protect on the master)
- (Just follow the prompts in the program, except when they ask
- you to remove the write protect tab)
-
- I think this will also work for the hard disk copy portion. Another
- way to unprotect Word gets rid of the need for any weird disk formats.
- But it is MUCH more complicated to do. Enjoy!
- Dave Alverson