{* ReadMe.txt for FlopShow - the file recovery and undeletion tool for floppies *}


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FlopShow  Release Version 1.2   7:11 PM 7/25/2002
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Author : Sreejith S
E-mail : sreejithsin@hotpop.com
url    : http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com 	
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program description :-
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FlopShow is a file recovery + file undelete utility for fat - 12 partitions (floppies).
Like any other recovery/undeletion utility this program also don't offer you 100 % recovery or undeletion .
The recovered/undeleted files may ( may not be ) corrupt . This newer version (7:09 PM 4/24/02) of the program also
has options to create floppy disk images and later to restore it .


{ File Recovery }


Recovery is all about getting back your files from bad floppies . Try testing recovery wizard on a good floppy disk .
The program will recover it for sure ...but this is the most ideal situation from where dos / windows  reads files .
When the floppy gets damaged ( due to damaged boot sectors , damaged root directory sectors, damaged fat  ..etc ) 
dos / windows  refuses to read them ... recovery wizard will try recover files from such bad floppies ..but the success of
recovery depends on the extent of damage of the floppy disk .



{ File Undeletion }


I have coded undeletion such that it works only with Good Floppy disks . Again Undeletion wizard can't undelete files always.
It all depends on how much contiguous is the file spread on the sectors of the disk , if any other deleted files comes within 
the region of sectors it occupies ..there is no way to determine whether the undeleted files are in the correct format .



{ Make and Restore floppy disk image }

This option allows you to create an image file for a floppy and then later to  restore the image file to the floppy. This 
option is pretty useful for cloning floppies, making backups (images) of critical floppies like boot floppies of operating 
systems/anti viruses etc.


Disclaimer 
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FlopShow comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY . The author of this program will not
be responsible for any damage  caused either directly or indirectly by the use of this program . 
  
FREE LICENSE
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FlopShow is  FREE for NON-COMMERCIAL USE. 

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Sreejith S
http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com

{* bug reports and comments are welcome *}
