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Article #7645Re: Unerase - how does it wor
From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:31
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:31
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markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (PAULIN MARC) writes: > Ok. And what if you have more contiguous space than the actual file >size? UNERASE will bring back a file larger than its original size? If so, >unfragmenting can cause UNERASING problems too. No, because the file size information is not deleted from the directory entry, but only the first letter of the file name If you are attempting to unerase files where the directory is gone for some reason - a Trojan, for example..., you do not know the exact file size, but (assuming the FAT is intact) it will only be rounded up in size to the nearest multiple of cluster size. -frisk -- -- Fridrik Skulason Frisk Software International phone: +354-1-694749 Author of F-PROT E-mail: frisk@complex.is fax: +354-1-28801
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!isgate!complex!frisk From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Unerase - how does it wor Message-ID: <221@complex.complex.is> Date: 21 Jan 93 20:31:36 GMT References: <703.331.uupcb@filebank.cts.com> <00966C45.D8B54520@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> <rol-190193093304@90.222.1.80> <markus.409.727646157@clement.info.umoncton.ca> Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland Lines: 21