Re: ...Help....HD problem..!!!!!!!!!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

don@rua.org writes ...
> 
> Can anyone help.
> 
> I still use an Apple IIGS in my small business. I wrote all of my
> programs in Applesoft basic 15 years ago. My system handles a ton of
> data everyday. My HD is partitioned into 4 volumes A:B:C:D....C contains
> all of my data files...5000 clients, 80,000 service records L475 each..
> 
> I cannot access the C drive. I can view the data using the Salvation bit
> editor so I know it's there, but my volume directory must be messed up
> and I do not know where it is located or exactly how to fix it.
> 
> I can't copy the files because I do not have enough space left on the HD
> to relocate them to another volume, and I haven't figured out how to
> copy them to multiple floppies (after one is full the program does not
> lead to adding to another floppie).
> 
> Can anyone offer any technical information that will help me tackle this
> problem, OR know of anyone that can recover this information for me. $$$
> is not a problem. I MUST get this drive back up.
> 
> It is frustarting because I can view all of the data in the bit editor,
> but I can't get to it.
> 
> Don

     You do not say much about your setup or the methods you've tried to access
the C drive. For instance, if your problems relate to operation under System 6
(or System 6.0.1), then, deleting the Desktop file from every drive's Icons/
folder could help.

     If you have access problems under ProDOS-8 or via utilities like Copy II
Plus, a damaged directory is more likely. You could try ProSel-16. It may be
able to repair your damaged C drive directory.

     Backing up your stuff is a good idea. You could use a util named "Block
Works" to copy blocks from the C drive to 3.5" DD diskettes. (Be sure to write
down which hard disk blocks are saved on each diskette.)  If 'just' the C drive
directory is messed up, and nothing fixes the damage, it should be possible to
reconstruct the files from the backups. (Possible, but time consuming and not
especially easy.) 

     ProSel-16 and Block Works are available on archives for downloading and
transfer; or, any of several regular posters to this newsgroup could send you
the programs on a bootable 3.5" diskette for the costs of mailing, etc..



Rubywand