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Originally Posted by livelong
Ive read that information several times before about the mythical and elusive 2nd copy of the FAT. The problem is I search like mad all over the internet for explicit instructions on how to do so, but cant find any. I always see, make sure you know what to look for in hexidecimal format. I didnt know Norton disk doctor(or which ever editor) actually told you which sectors to move, as this process seems to take substantial experience to know what your doing on your own.
I am reasonably certain its the FAT, so before I try any 'copy and rescue' programs that usually get only 80-90% of the data, I want to try the best and most direct method of accessing the FATs and seeing if theyre there or what. Thanks for the reply though
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Hi again, There is nothing mythical about two fats but maybe the brains that write this stuff today have done away with it. I have a disk editor that works on the late stuff. It's not loaded now. Will load it and see what I can find. Fats start at the second sector if I remember correctly. Unused clusters show up as all F's so the fats should be easy to spot. Half way in the second fat should be identical to the first one. See you later, Jim