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- LOWIO_MAIN_CANLOAD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to select a physical disk ZAR should work with from the list
- of all compatible disks detected in a system.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Select a physical disk from list. Disks are usually listed in a following
- order: Primary Master first, then Primary Slave, then Secondary Master and
- Slave. Disk size also gives you a hint about which drive is where.
-
- You can also load an image file instead of using a physical disk. For more
- information about image files, please refer to manual.
-
- If you want to restart a previous recovery run using a ^save file^, you
- must now indicate your intent to do it. The save file is associated with a
- physical disk, so you must then select a disk (or load an appropriate
- image) After choosing a physical disk (or image) you will be asked about a
- save file name.
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- LOWIO_MAIN_CANNOTLOAD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to select a physical disk ZAR should work with from the list
- of all compatible disks detected in a system.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Select a physical disk from list. Disks are usually listed in a following
- order: Primary Master first, then Primary Slave, then Secondary Master and
- Slave. Disk size also gives you a hint about which drive is where.
-
- You can also load an image file instead of using a physical disk. For more
- information about image files, please refer to manual.
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- MBR_VOLLIST_BAD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to select a volume (logical disk) to analyse from list of
- available volumes, which is based on a partition table (on disk).
-
- ^However, the partition table is probably damaged^ and the list shown may
- be inaccurate (e.g. some volumes may be missing).
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If the volume you want to analyse is listed properly, just select it.
-
- If this volume is missing, you should enter its parameters manually. To do
- this, choose "I want to enter volume start offset and size in
- megabytes". When prompted for a start offset, enter a sum of sizes (in
- megabytes) for all volumes before the one you need. Then, enter a size of
- a volume, when prompted.
-
- ^WARNING:^ There are some caveats here. Refer to manual for details.
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- MBR_VOLLIST
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to select a volume (logical disk) to analyse from list of
- available volumes, which is based on a partition table (on disk).
-
- The partition table seems to be correct and the list shown is expected to
- be accurate.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If the volume you want to analyse is listed properly, just select it.
-
- If this volume is missing, you should enter its parameters manually. For
- more information about how to do it, please refer to manual.
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- MBR_VOLLIST_VERYBAD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to select an area to scan for data. The partition layout
- (information about logical disks on a physical disk) is stored on disk
- in a special sector (called Master Boot Record) but it is damaged beyond
- all recognition.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If the disk was partitioned as a single large logical drive, select "I
- want to scan the entire disk" from list.
-
- Alternatively, you can manually specify the area to scan. To do this,
- choose "I want to enter volume start offset and size in megabytes". When
- prompted for a start offset, enter a sum of sizes (in megabytes) for all
- volumes before the one you need. Then, enter a size of a volume, when
- prompted.
-
- ^WARNING:^ There are some caveats here. Refer to manual for details.
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- MBR_AREA_OFFTAIL
-
- ^What the problem is?^
-
- The area you asked ZAR to search in is invalid. You requested to scan
- somewhere outside a physical disk. This can be illustrated as follows:
-
- Physical disk : |------------------------|
- You requested : |-----------------|
- ^^^^^^^
- It is impossible to scan this region.
-
- Proposed correction : |----------|
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- You can press "N" to re-enter the values, or "Y" to accept correction
- proposed.
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- CFSS_ACCEPT_AUTO
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- CF stands for Cluster Factor - number of sectors per cluster.
- This is a one of the four significant volume parameters.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If this is a first time you are attempting a recovery, answer "Y" to use
- default value - the autodetection routine works fine in most cases.
-
- If you have already tried the recovery and it didn't work, answer "N",
- then enter "1", "512" as minimum and maximum values to have ZAR scan
- through all possible values (this can take a long time).
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- CFSS_CFSS_LIST
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- CF stands for Cluster Factor - number of sectors per cluster.
- SS stands for Start Sector - sector number for cluster 0.
- These are two of the four significant volume parameters. CF/SS pair
- controls how cluster-to-sector translations are performed.
-
- ZAR uses statistical algorithms to determine CF/SS. Basically, relevance
- is computed for each possible CF/SS pair and the most relevant values are
- shown.
-
- ^What should I select from the list?^
-
- Select the topmost choice to accept a default (most relevant) value.
-
- If ZAR fails to detect volume parameters (only "Enter parameters manually"
- is shown), then you should probably contact a data recovery expert because
- the damage is too heavy to be handled automatically (be sure to
- double-check that you are doing everyting correctly before doing so).
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- CHARSET_LOAD_FAIL
-
- ^What the problem is?^
-
- CHARSET.DAT is a file which specifies a set of a characters allowed in a
- file or directory names. This file was not found. ^It can be critical.^
-
- ^What can happen?^
-
- ZAR's ability to recover files and directories with a language-specific
- (German or Russian for example) symbols in their names will be impaired.
- 1. Directory names will be ignored (replaced with DIRnnnn)
- 2. Files with such a names ^will be lost^ (although they are recoverable).
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- The above does not apply to English-only systems. If you have no files
- with non-English names, you can continue normally.
- For any other (non-English) system, you should setup a CHARSET.DAT. Press
- Ctrl+Break now and refer to manual about character set setup.
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- FAT_TYPE_PROMPT
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- ZAR asks about a filesystem type. Knowning it beforehand speeds up an
- analysis and allows autodetection routine to discard known-wrong variants
- as early as possible.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If you are ansolutely sure about a filesystem type, specify it now.
-
- However, if you do not know which filesystem was used, you can have ZAR
- detect FAT type itself - the autodetection works fine in most cases.
-
- If you are not sure, use autodetection. A wrong decision made at this
- point will lead to inability to use FAT information even if available,
- resulting in dramatic quality decrease.
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- FAT_FAT_LIST
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- ZAR asks you to enter File Allocation Table (FAT) parameters: FAT start
- sector and FAT size. These are two of the four significant volume
- parameters.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- If there are some autodetected values listed, you should select first of
- them (the most relevant), unless you know it to be wrong.
-
- If ZAR didn't find anything looking like FAT, you can either enter the
- parameters manually (if you know them) or choose to continue without using
- FAT information. However, when both FATs are lost, no fragmented files
- will be recovered correctly.
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- IDENT_FILETYPES
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- ZAR knows some types of files (and directories). The damaged disk is
- scanned for these files and scan results are used later in analysis.
-
- You will still be able to recover files of any type after the analysis is
- completed. This selection is used only when determining disk parameters.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- It is recommended that you leave the default setting (include all types).
-
- You might want to disable EXE, BMP, GIF and WAV files, if you run out of
- memory. However, this can impact the analysis result, in worst case
- leading to inability to detect significant volume parameters
- automatically.
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- OPTIONS_PROMPT
-
- ^If you run out of memory^
-
- Set "Ignore case in long file names" to "Yes".
-
- If the above does not help, set "Recover long filenames" to "No". This
- will give you much more memory, but no long names will be recovered.
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- SAVELOAD_WRONG_FILE
-
- ^What the problem is?^
-
- The save file can be used only when applied to the disk it was created on.
- Disk size is stored in a save file when it is created. You are trying to
- load a file, but it does not match the selected physical disk, because the
- save file was recorded on a disk with diffrent size.
-
- You can still force ZAR to continue using this (wrong) file, but it will
- ^probably lead to a recovery failure^.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Answer "N" now, then load the correct file.
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- SIMPLE_PROMPT
-
- ^What is Simple Mode?^
-
- Simple mode automates a process of data recovery. All decisions will be
- made automatically, so you do not have to mess with terms specific to
- data recovery. However, you cannot modify any recovery options with a
- Simple Mode.
-
- ^What are limitations of the simple mode, if any?^
-
- Files greater than ^500 Mb^ will not be recovered (the default setting, and
- you will not be given a chance to alter it).
-
- Simple mode is not applicable for Windows NT/2000/XP mirrored FAT volumes.
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- MAIN_CFSS_METHOD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- ZAR is about to start determining two significant volume parameters:
- CF (stands for Cluster Factor - number of sectors per cluster) and
- SS (stands for Start Sector - sector number for cluster 0). These parameters
- control how cluster-to-sector translations are performed. Failure to detect
- them correctly will ultimately lead to a recovery failure.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Select a recommended method ("Reduced dataset brute-force") unless you are
- recovering a Windows NT/2000/XP mirrored FAT volume. Execution time is
- measured in seconds or minutes for this method.
-
- If you are recovering a Windows NT/2000/XP mirrored FAT volume, you ^must^ use
- "Complete dataset brute-force", although its execution can take hours.
-
- Manual input is recommended only if the parameters are known (for example,
- from a ZARPARTN output) and you want to avoid running complete brute-force.
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- PARTN_OPTIONS
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to configure ZARPARTN behavior.
- Mode option can be "Fast" or "Full". "Fast" mode is about 30 times faster than
- "Full", but some objects cannot be found with "Fast" mode (namely, FAT32 backup
- boot sectors and Windows SUHDLOG.DAT file).
-
- If "Save copies of sectors" option is set to "Yes", each sector containing
- partition or boot information will be saved to a separate file.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- "Fast" mode is recommended for a first run when damage is known to be minor.
- "Full" mode should be used in cases where first run failed (did not reveal
- enough information) or when the disk is known to be severily damaged.
-
- It is generally recommeded that you enable "Save copies of sectors" option.
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- PARTN_OPTIONS_NOFAST
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- You are asked to configure ZARPARTN behavior. Please note that
- ^Fast^ operation mode is not available for disk images.
-
- If "Save copies of sectors" option is set to "Yes", each sector containing
- partition or boot information will be saved to a separate file.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Normally you should just leave default values and ^Proceed^.
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- BBT_SELECT_FLOP
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- ZAR Boot-Based Tools (BBT) work independently of the operating system, and
- they are loaded directly from the boot sector of a floppy disk.
- You are now asked to select a floppy drive to write a tool to. Later you will
- be asked to select a particular tool from list.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the drive, then select that drive
- from list.
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- BBT_SELECT_TOOL
-
- You are asked to select a tool to write to a floppy disk.
-
- Select the appropriate tool from list, then press <Enter>.
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- BBT_FLOP_BAD
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- Target floppy must be formatted and empty, but the one you provided is not.
- Write-protection tab on it must be set to allow writes to disk.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- 1. Check the floppy is formatted.
- 2. Check that write-protection tab is set properly.
- 3. Check that there is no files on the floppy (including hidden and system).
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- NTFS_SELECT_SPFRS
-
- ^What is this?^
-
- FRS ("File Record Segment"), is an entry in the volume Master File Table
- (MFT), which describes a file or directory. One FRS is recorded into MFT
- for each file. All MFT records on volume have the same FRS size. ZARNTFS
- shows the table listing all possible FRS sizes, along with their
- "Relevance". In this case "Relevance" is simply a percentage of records
- having this FRS size.
-
- ^What should I do?^
-
- You should choose the most relevant value from list (it is already
- highlighted as default choice, and you only need to press Enter).
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