Re: AWGS db HELP!!! (please)

[voss@i40s16.ira.uka.de (Stefan Voss)]

In article <931215.13097.TDON@delphi.com>, Tom O'Neill <TDON@delphi.com> writes:
|> I have a problem with an AWGS (v1.1) Database file.  It's my address book,
|> [stuff deleted]
|>  
|> At one time or the other I was able to read the file in the Word Processor
|> and this is what I found (first 7 lines):
|>  
|> FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt
|> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789()
|> Jaddbk.shad     AY0yAAAAAQw4lIAA76IAOeBGXgxuAADAAwHy
|> L1QDkRWQzVmcvJ0cgs2bgACIq1UQBF0NRFUQ3FTSRlEWPdzZqF0RKJkQ5FVUBFUd
|> BFER3hXQBFWDBVkUBRVQBFUQ4wUQQFEUmdnUwhDR4EkQBlSKBFUQBdWQ3YWQBNUT
|> DdXQBFUQDpUQBFUQFFURRFUQSRTQNE0QBJkSFFENBVUQRFUQBFEUElSQBhTQEdXQ
|> 3R0d4AFRBRUKBFUQpEUQ4EERBlydBFEOBlSKnFEOBR0dGFUQBFUQB1QQBFUQBFUQ

This is the header of a binscii'ed file. It seems that your database file
got corrupted. Maybe a repair utility like ProSel-16 or Universe Master can
recover it. If some data blocks of your database file have been overwritten,
you are out of luck to see your file again. If just the directory entry is 
corrupt and the data blocks are intact (somewhere on your hard disk or floppy)
you file could be restored.
Use of of the prgrams mentioned above or Finder's Validate option to see if
your directory structure is o.k. 

|> [stuff deleted]
|>  
|> Can anyone help me with this?
|> Many thanks in advance.
|>  
|> Tom O'Neill.....TDON@DELPHI.COM

Good luck,

Stefan Voss
(voss@ira.uka.de)