From: Neal Benson (nbenson@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 14 1995 - 09:05:35 EST
>HELP!!! >WE HAVE LOST SOME FILES ON THE HP-CONSORT 32 COMPUTER (FACSORT) >ONE WAS RENAMED - WITHOUT A NAME- USING THE MASTER PAGE RENAME FACILITY >ONE WAS DELETED. >THE FILES CONTAINED RESLUTS FROM SOME 300 PAINT-A-GATE PLUS ANALYSES. >THE LOCAL B-D SEVICE MAN SAYS NOTHING CAN BE DONE!! >COULD THAT REALLY BE THE CASE?? OR IS THERE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A METHOD FOR >FILE RETRIEVAL ON THESE HP COMPUTERS >HOPEING FOR HELP >BIRGER CHRISTENSSON Birger, Renaming a file to a "blank" name seems to cause the file utilities in the BD software to sense that it is the end of a directory; thus the files which would be listed below the blank are not shown and likely not accessible. It's easy to cause this if you click "Rename" in the file utilities without first entering a "Destination". However, the HP program "Filer" can still list and manipulate them, although I belive the "blank" file is indeed lost. Please see your Consort 32 manual regarding the complete instructions for the Filer, but I'll attempt to provide some brief instructions below - this works for me: To start the Filer, click on the "Ask Me" in Master Page and enter, *:FILER You'll get a blank screen with a menu at the top. Press "L" for a listing and enter the complete path where the "lost" files should be. If you have more than one hard drive, enter the drive's unit number as well, for example, #12:/4 The files should be listed on the screen, along with a blank name for the renamed file. If they are listed, move them to another directory with the "D" (for duplicate) command as follows (assume your files all begin with "ABC", and #12:/5 is a "good" directory): Press D "Duplicate or Move?" Press M "Move what file?" #12:/4/ABC= "Move to what?" #12:/5/$ You should see a confirmation on the screen for each file as it is moved, and the files should be accessible from their new location. Do this until there's nothing else listed in the directory where the bad file is, and do not attempt to store any more files in that location. To assist in preventing that, you might consider changing the directory's name, as follows: Press C "Change what file?" #12:/4 "Change to what?" 4.BAD Press "Q" to quit the Filer. Unfortunately, I know of no other way restore the directory to "useful" status, short of re-initializing the disk, which erases everything. Good luck, I hope this helps! Neal ======================================================================= Neal A. Benson Tel: (904) 392-0008 University of Florida Fax: (904) 392-4693 Department of Pathology Email: nbenson@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Box 100275 Gainesville, FL 32610-0275 USA
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