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Help/HardError
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF |
Filename: | Help/HardError |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 046A bytes |
Load address: | 0000 |
Exec address: | FFFFFFFF |
Duplicates
There are 5 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- AEW website » acornsoft » acornsoft_3_5_discs_Electron_Welcome_Disc_HA-WELC.adf » Help/HardError
- AEW website » acp_pres » acp_pres_3_5_discs_Electron-Adfs-E00_A-E00.adf » Help/HardError
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00.ADF » Help/HardError
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF » Help/HardError
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_E00.adf » Help/HardError
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » dfs_box04_disk01b_adfs_welcome_disk_interleaved.adf » Help/HardError
File contents
** HARDERROR ** This program is intended for use in the rare case that there is a permanent disc error on a floppy disc. You may not wish to reformat the disc, but would want to avoid the "Disc Error" messages generated when the bad track is accessed. HARDERROR will remove the sector from the "Free Space Map", the list of sectors which ADFS can use to store files. If the sector does not appear in the FS Map (see if it is there by typing *MAP), it will be occupied by a file. Before running HARDERROR, you must delete this file. If the file is a directory, the disc would be left in an inconsistent state so it is better to save the files you need onto another disc and try to reformat the disc with the error. To use the program, the bad disc must be on the current drive. You may find a "Bad sector" error when loading a file, for instance. ADFS will give you the sector number of the START of the file where the error occurred, not of the bad sector itself. Use the utility FindBadSec to locate the actual sector(s) where the error occurred.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 2a 20 20 48 41 52 44 | ** HARD| 00000010 45 52 52 4f 52 20 20 2a 2a 0d 0d 20 20 54 68 69 |ERROR **.. Thi| 00000020 73 20 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 20 69 73 20 69 |s program is i| 00000030 6e 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 75 73 65 20 |ntended for use | 00000040 69 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 72 61 72 65 20 63 61 73 65 |in.the rare case| 00000050 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 | that there is a| 00000060 20 70 65 72 6d 61 6e 65 6e 74 0d 64 69 73 63 20 | permanent.disc | 00000070 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 |error on a flopp| 00000080 79 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 20 20 59 6f 75 20 20 6d |y disc. You m| 00000090 61 79 0d 6e 6f 74 20 77 69 73 68 20 20 74 6f 20 |ay.not wish to | 000000a0 20 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 | reformat the | 000000b0 64 69 73 63 2c 20 20 62 75 74 0d 77 6f 75 6c 64 |disc, but.would| 000000c0 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 61 76 6f 69 64 20 20 | want to avoid | 000000d0 74 68 65 20 20 22 44 69 73 63 20 20 45 72 72 6f |the "Disc Erro| 000000e0 72 22 0d 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 20 67 65 6e |r".messages gen| 000000f0 65 72 61 74 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |erated when the | 00000100 62 61 64 20 20 74 72 61 63 6b 0d 69 73 20 61 63 |bad track.is ac| 00000110 63 65 73 73 65 64 2e 0d 0d 20 20 48 41 52 44 45 |cessed... HARDE| 00000120 52 52 4f 52 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 |RROR will remove| 00000130 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 74 6f 72 20 66 72 6f 6d | the sector from| 00000140 0d 74 68 65 20 20 22 46 72 65 65 20 20 53 70 61 |.the "Free Spa| 00000150 63 65 20 20 4d 61 70 22 2c 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 |ce Map", the | 00000160 6c 69 73 74 20 20 6f 66 0d 73 65 63 74 6f 72 73 |list of.sectors| 00000170 20 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 20 41 44 46 53 20 20 63 | which ADFS c| 00000180 61 6e 20 20 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 72 65 |an use to store| 00000190 0d 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 |.files. If the | 000001a0 73 65 63 74 6f 72 20 20 64 6f 65 73 20 20 6e 6f |sector does no| 000001b0 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 0d 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |t appear.in the | 000001c0 46 53 20 4d 61 70 20 28 73 65 65 20 69 66 20 20 |FS Map (see if | 000001d0 69 74 20 20 69 73 20 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 62 79 |it is there by| 000001e0 0d 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 2a 4d 41 50 29 2c 20 69 |.typing *MAP), i| 000001f0 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 20 62 65 20 6f 63 63 75 70 |t will be occup| 00000200 69 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 0d 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 20 |ied by a.file. | 00000210 42 65 66 6f 72 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 20 |Before running | 00000220 48 41 52 44 45 52 52 4f 52 2c 20 20 79 6f 75 20 |HARDERROR, you | 00000230 0d 6d 75 73 74 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 69 |.must delete thi| 00000240 73 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 20 49 66 20 20 74 68 65 |s file. If the| 00000250 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 0d 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 | file is.a direc| 00000260 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 77 |tory, the disc w| 00000270 6f 75 6c 64 20 20 62 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 69 6e |ould be left in| 00000280 0d 61 6e 20 69 6e 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 65 6e 74 |.an inconsistent| 00000290 20 73 74 61 74 65 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 20 69 73 | state so it is| 000002a0 20 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 0d 74 6f 20 73 61 76 65 | better.to save| 000002b0 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6e | the files you n| 000002c0 65 65 64 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 |eed onto another| 000002d0 0d 64 69 73 63 20 61 6e 64 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f |.disc and try to| 000002e0 20 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 | reformat the di| 000002f0 73 63 20 20 77 69 74 68 0d 74 68 65 20 65 72 72 |sc with.the err| 00000300 6f 72 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 |or... To use th| 00000310 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 74 68 65 20 62 |e program, the b| 00000320 61 64 20 64 69 73 63 20 6d 75 73 74 0d 62 65 20 |ad disc must.be | 00000330 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 64 |on the current d| 00000340 72 69 76 65 2e 0d 0d 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 |rive... You may| 00000350 20 20 66 69 6e 64 20 20 61 20 20 22 42 61 64 20 | find a "Bad | 00000360 73 65 63 74 6f 72 22 20 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0d 77 |sector" error.w| 00000370 68 65 6e 20 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 20 61 20 |hen loading a | 00000380 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 20 66 6f 72 20 20 69 6e 73 | file, for ins| 00000390 74 61 6e 63 65 2e 0d 41 44 46 53 20 77 69 6c 6c |tance..ADFS will| 000003a0 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 6f 75 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 | give you the se| 000003b0 63 74 6f 72 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 0d 74 |ctor number of.t| 000003c0 68 65 20 53 54 41 52 54 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |he START of the | 000003d0 66 69 6c 65 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 20 74 68 65 20 |file where the | 000003e0 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0d 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 2c | error.occurred,| 000003f0 20 6e 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 64 20 | not of the bad | 00000400 73 65 63 74 6f 72 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 2e 0d 0d |sector itself...| 00000410 20 20 55 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 | Use the utilit| 00000420 79 20 46 69 6e 64 42 61 64 53 65 63 20 74 6f 20 |y FindBadSec to | 00000430 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 65 0d 74 68 65 20 61 63 74 75 | locate.the actu| 00000440 61 6c 20 73 65 63 74 6f 72 28 73 29 20 20 77 68 |al sector(s) wh| 00000450 65 72 65 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0d |ere the error.| 00000460 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 2e 0d |occurred..| 0000046a