[Info-vax] ODS-5 data/file recovery

[MG]

On 15-feb-2013 17:01, Hein RMS van den Heuvel wrote:
> Right. Image backup goes for cleanly accessible files only, physical backup
> mayget you the lost bytes, the tricky part will be to find them, all of them.

Sounds like fun...


> The name could have been found in (possibly stale) directory blocks where they
> can give you a clue about the file-id, which you can use to calculate the file
> header location in INDEXF.SYS.

Could you please tell me more about this?  That would be really helpful
for me.


> Hmm, this is unlikely to be a successful exercise, unless there is a pattern
> inthe ZIP file contents to be recognized. Like if this was an RMS indexed 
file
> then you can glue it back together from raw block, looking for reasonable looking
> bucket header.

I'm not very experienced yet in this area, could you perhaps give me a
few 'hints' to get me started?  I'd be most grateful.

  - MG