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- LISTFREE : List Free Cluster Program Version 1.00, 14-Feb-1987
- SMG Software
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- Shows available clusters on a disk. A group of consecutive free clusters
- lists as a range.
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- Format: LISTFREE [d:]
- LISTFREE (Lists free clusters on the default drive)
- LISTFREE A: (Lists free clusters on drive A:)
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- LISTBAD : List Bad Cluster Program Version 1.24, 16-Feb-1987
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- Shows bad clusters on a disk. A group of consecutive bad clusters lists
- as a range.
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- Format: LISTBAD [d:]
- LISTBAD (Lists free clusters on the default drive)
- LISTBAD A: (Lists free clusters on drive A:)
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- OWNER : Cluster Owner Program Version 1.61, 21-Apr-1987
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- Shows which file contains a particular cluster number.
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- The first cluster on any disk is considered by DOS to be #2.
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- Once you have determined which file the cluster belongs to, you can copy
- it to another place on the disk, or RECOVER it, or simply delete it.
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- You may then use the MARK program to mark that cluster as bad.
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- Format: OWNER [d:] n [[d:] n [...]]
- d: = Optional Drive Letter n = Cluster Number to Check
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- OWNER 10 (Shows which file owns cluster 10 on the default drive)
- OWNER A: 100 (Shows which file owns cluster 100 on Drive A:)
- OWNER D: 5 12 (Shows which file owns clusters 5 and 12 on Drive D:)
- OWNER 17 A: 7 (Shows which file owns cluster 17 on the default drive
- and which file owns cluster 7 on Drive A:)
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- MARK : Mark/UnMark Bad Cluster Program Version 2.31, 12-Jan-1987
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- Marks or unmarks a cluster as bad.
- The first cluster on any disk is considered to be #2.
- You can only MARK unused clusters.
- To MARK a used cluster as bad, use the OWNER program to determine which
- file is using that cluster, copy that file to another name, delete the
- original file (to free the cluster) and THEN mark the cluster as bad.
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- Format: MARK [d:] [/Q | /U | /M] n
- d: Optional drive letter. If omitted, the default drive is used.
- /Q Query switch. Shows current status of the specified clusters
- If no other switch is specified, Query is assumed.
- /U Un-mark switch. The specified clusters will be un-marked.
- /M Mark switch. The specified clusters will be marked as bad.
- n Cluster Number, in decimal. The first data cluster is 2.
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- MARK 0 (Will give an *ERROR*, first cluster is 2)
- MARK 23 (Shows current status of cluster 23 on current disk)
- MARK A: /Q 14 (Shows current status of cluster 14 on drive A:)
- MARK /M 2 (Marks cluster 2 of the current disk as bad)
- MARK B: /U 10 (Unmarks cluster 10 of drive B: as bad)
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