Re: filesystem programs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Dan Bethe <dtm@netcomi.com> writes...

>Hey there.  I'd like to have a program for my //gs that can perhaps do
>more reliable file copies than Finder does.  Perhaps in the case of a
>damaged floppy.  Are there any freely distributable filesystem recovery
>programs?

    I would recommend either ZZCopy or Photonix II, both are freeware
and do a very quick and reliable job at duplicating 3.5 floppies (the
former even works with 400K MFS and 800K HFS Macintosh disks). Either
of the two programs work around damaged sectors on disks.

    They were invaulable tools back when I worked solely with floppy
disks. If for some reason a file was unreadable due to bad blocks, I
would just make a copy with either of the above and then had a chance
at salvaging it (the files on the copied disk would be readable). Oh,
ZZCopy even offered a disk optimizer, among other things, if memory 
serves right.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca