3 Nov
2022
3 Nov
'22
10:52 p.m.
> Is there a reason to do a real IMAGE backup,
rather than a file
> backup?
On Thu, 3 Nov 2022, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
People have occasionally found interesting things in
the unallocated
sectors of disks. For garden variety PC format disks, it's not
necessary to do flux imaging to preserve that sort of thing, though. A
regime using a dd-like tool is adequate.
Such as the classic Montezuma Micro CP/M for TRS80 Model 3, with "JOHN,
EAT SHIT AND DIE" in some sectors?
Also, an "ERASED" file is not truly erased until the sector is re-used.
By repairing the DIRectory entry, it can be "UNerased".