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Although the following is a general rather than industrial operating system problem, it certainly impacts anyone who works with Winxx in any environment.
This morning I tried to copy a newer version of a file, which I had worked on last night, from diskette onto my hard disk at work to replace an older version. However, there was a damaged sector in the file on diskette and Win95 could not complete the copy. However, it did remove the directory pointer to the *existing* file ... so I ended up with neither file available, "between the devil and the deep blue sea", as my subject line states.
ScanDisk could "repair" the damage, making the file copiable but not readable. Unfortunately due to software standardization at work, I no longer have available there Norton Utilities or any other
program that could make a more concerted effort to restore the file. But my biggest concern is the behaviour of the Win95 operating system. No operating system should *ever* remove the directory pointer to the existing version of a file, making it inaccessible, until the new version has been successfully copied. This Win95
behaviour makes the whole concept of backup copies problematic, in that you may lose both files in a copy attempt.
Anyone else out there who has had this experience? Any suggestions for prevention or recovery?
Diana Bouchard
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Diana C. Bouchard Pulp and Paper
Research Institute of Canada (Paprican) Process Control Group
570 St
Johns Boulevard Pointe Claire Quebec H9R 3J9 Canada phone:
(514) 630
4100 x2376 fax: (514) 630 4120 email: [email protected]
This morning I tried to copy a newer version of a file, which I had worked on last night, from diskette onto my hard disk at work to replace an older version. However, there was a damaged sector in the file on diskette and Win95 could not complete the copy. However, it did remove the directory pointer to the *existing* file ... so I ended up with neither file available, "between the devil and the deep blue sea", as my subject line states.
ScanDisk could "repair" the damage, making the file copiable but not readable. Unfortunately due to software standardization at work, I no longer have available there Norton Utilities or any other
program that could make a more concerted effort to restore the file. But my biggest concern is the behaviour of the Win95 operating system. No operating system should *ever* remove the directory pointer to the existing version of a file, making it inaccessible, until the new version has been successfully copied. This Win95
behaviour makes the whole concept of backup copies problematic, in that you may lose both files in a copy attempt.
Anyone else out there who has had this experience? Any suggestions for prevention or recovery?
Diana Bouchard
**************************************************
Diana C. Bouchard Pulp and Paper
Research Institute of Canada (Paprican) Process Control Group
570 St
Johns Boulevard Pointe Claire Quebec H9R 3J9 Canada phone:
(514) 630
4100 x2376 fax: (514) 630 4120 email: [email protected]