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- >>>>> "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:
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- 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.
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- 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...
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- 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.
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- Steff> Steff stefan.naeff@chbs.mhs.ciba.com
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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