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[Neill_R]

Hi can anyone tell me what the follow error log is saying What is AdmiSector? 


005 | ...NTFS | ..49142898 | ..16900317 | ..66043214 | LOG | ..A | ..X
128/005:28/SST> SaveState requested for disk 0 (128)
128/005:28/SST> AdmiSector not in use for disk 0 (128), SaveState aborted
128/005:46/EXE> Analysis complete
128/005:55/LOG> RunTime: 005:55
128/005:55/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###
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[Neill_R]

Further

I am trying to clollect drive information from all my machines So that I will have partition mapping information should I ever need it. Sadly on one machine this is a case of shutting the stable door AFTER the hourse has bolted.

I boot from a CDROM and have a USB stick which has a fat (32)  partition

It appears t me that once run a folder called DPFILES is created and this prevents further logs being taken. I havewritten a script to rename this folder.





 

[Joep]

Hello,

Admi sector is a sector on your harddisk we use to store some info unless you're in forensic mode. See http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/FAQ_diskpatch.htm#F12.

Further

I am trying to clollect drive information from all my machines So that I will have partition mapping information should I ever need it. Sadly on one machine this is a case of shutting the stable door AFTER the hourse has bolted.

I boot from a CDROM and have a USB stick which has a fat (32)  partition

It appears t me that once run a folder called DPFILES is created and this prevents further logs being taken. I havewritten a script to rename this folder.

I have no idea what you mean, sorry.

[Neill_R]

I am trying to write a Dos script that will be installed on the USB HDD and will rename the DPFILES folder to another name based on DATE and TIME.

This way I can build up a set of log files in separate folders on for each disk I examine with DiskPatch.

However while I can do this in DOS (windows DOS) I can not get it to work in FREEDOS (GRRRR)

make directory /Arch/DpFyyyymmddhrmiss
move  /dfiles/*.* to /Arch/DpFyyyyymmddhrmiss
delete folder /dpfiles

then DiskPatch can be run again for a second HDD

Googling FREEDOS and SUBstring to extract the parts from date and time

DATE /D
TIME /T

any ideas?

 

[Tom]

As a former systems admin, here's how I would do it:
Let the script ask for input and base a folder structure on that. You can't connect a date and time to a specific machine, so if I'd be building this type of database I'd use a machine ID and put that in the script. I know how to get this stuff going in real DOS but have no idea about FreeDOS; frankly, we only use it to run DiskPatch and that's it.

Which could be a solution; you could build your own bootable CD or USB key and use a DOS version that is more familiar.

[Neill_R]

I agree
and i have changed my method I now allow the user to input a name rather than a date

Turning your reply on its head can I ask why you are using freedos for your product when you use other dos for you own delevolpent and usage?


may be you could offer alternate versions and provide an easier solution


here is my script

once I have run Diskpatch to produce the log file i run

C:
A PCName_Disk_number


@echo off
if "%1"=="" GOTO Usage
set bfile=%1
mkdir \arch\dpf%bfile%
if  ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ItExists
copy \DPFILES\*.* \arch\dpf%bfile%
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
if  ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ItDoesnotExist
erase \DPFILES\*.*
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
if ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ItDoesnotExist
rmdir \DPFILES
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
GOTO theend
:ItDoesnotExist
RMDIR \arch\dpf%bfile%
GOTO theend
:ItExists
Echo Folder \arch\%Bfile% already exists
GOTO theend
:Usage
Echo Usage A foldername
:theend

[Tom]

It's simple really. We can legally include FreeDOS with our tools to allow a customer to start his or her computer. We are not allowed to distribute other versions. I personally use the DOS included in Windows 98 for my DOS development and VM needs (I own all Windows versions legally) and use FreeDOS only for test purposes.

[Neill_R]

Here is the first disk i have looked at attached

I am assuming that based on the information in this file the MBR and partition tables could be recovered should the disk become corrupt.

[Tom]

If the disk's status currently is "good", then yes.