Re: Scrambled Files

[Norman Bauman nbauman@xxxxxxxx]

I used to lose files like that sometimes in DOS and DOS/Win3.1. I could
often recover them with CHKDSK.

At 12:57 PM 11/27/01 +0900, Yo Intl. YK wrote:
>
>At 10:25 PM 11/26/01 -0500, WooF wrote:
>>Briefly: I call a text file from one of the floppy disks. I work
>>on thatt file, saving to that floppy from time to time. When
>>done, I give the command "sa b:" (rather than just "sa". (Without
>>the quote marks, of course.) Program replies that the file exists
>>and do I want to overwrite. I tell the program "y" and it saves.
>>Then I swap disks and go through that procedure again. Usually,
>>this works; sometimes, it scrambles the contents of that disk.
>
>I don't think you should blame XYwrite. This sounds more like a common
>DOS/Windows problem.
>Make sure that your disks are OK, do not over-write excessively (use new
>floppies once in a while), and make sure that your computer knows what is
>currently on the b: drive by giving a dir b: command before saving there.
>
>
>-- Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo  
>
>

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