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Re: Is there a (reliable) CHKDSK for the ST?

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From: HC Johnson
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1990 16:27
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In article <1990Jan31.032956.28008@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, romwa@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Royal Ontario Museum) writes:
> Sorry if this has come up before, but I am really in need of info
> regarding a reliable way to verify the integrity of the FAT.
> Hopefully, the program should also go ahead and fix lost clusters,
> etc. as automatically as possible.
> 
fsck.prg was previously posted.  It works well up the 16 meg partitions.

Since TOS 1.4 supports up to 32 Meg partitions, I have modified fsck.prg.
I will send it to anyone who writes.

Howard C. Johnson
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From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Is there a (reliable) CHKDSK for the ST?
Summary: fsck.prg checks and fixes TOS up to 16 Meg
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Date: 1 Feb 90 16:27:47 GMT
References: hard disk, FAT integrity <1990Jan31.032956.28008@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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