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T.UNSCRATCH

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FILENAME(S): T.UNSCRATCH

FILE TYPE(S): SEQ

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..             UNSCRATCH.               
 BY.  CYNDIE MERTEN AND AMY MOUNTCASTLE.
..COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS MAGAZINE.SEPT
EMBER/OCTOBER, 1986...  OOPS... DID YOU 
REALLY MEAN TO..SCRATCH THAT FILE?  WELL
, YOU'RE AN..EXPERIENCED PROGRAMMER-- YO
U HAVE..A BACK-UP.  DON'T YOU?...  IF TH
E ANSWER IS NO-- DON'T PANIC--..AT LEAST
 NOT BEFORE YOU TRY UNSCRATCH,..A PROGRA
M DESIGNED TO RETRIEVE..SCRATCHED FILES 
FROM DISK....  ISN'T A FILE ERASED WHEN 
YOU SCRATCH..IT?  NOT EXACTLY.  WHEN A F
ILE IS..SCRATCHED, NONE OF ITS CONTENTS 
ARE..ACTUALLY ERASED FROM DISK.  INSTEAD
,..THE FILE IS MERELY MARKED AS A..SCRAT
CHED FILE IN THE DISK DIRECTORY...IN OTH
ER WORDS, THE "FILE-TYPE" IS..CHANGED TO
 "0"....  IF YOU HAVE NOT SAVED ANYTHING
 TO..DISK AFTER YOU SCRATCHED THE FILE,.
.YOU HAVE A SHOT AT RETRIEVING THE FILE.
.WITH UNSCRATCH.  UNSCRATCH CHANGES THE.
.FILE'S FILE-TYPE MARKER FROM "0" TO..TH
E FILE-TYPE IT HAD BEFORE.  (YOU..MUST S
PECIFY THE OLD FILE-TYPE.)...WARNINGS.--
------..-- IF YOU HAVE SAVED SOMETHING T
O.DISK AFTER THE SCRATCH OCCURRED,.HOWEV
ER, THE FILE IS PROBABLY LOST.FOREVER-- 
OVERWRITTEN BY NEW DATA....-- IF YOU HAV
E SAVED TO THE DISK SINCE.THE SCRATCH, N
OT ONLY WILL THE.SCRATCHED FILE PROBABLY
 BE.UNRECOVERABLE-- NEWLY SAVED FILES.CO
ULD BE CORRUPTED BY THIS PROGRAM..THEREF
ORE, COPY ALL FILES TO ANOTHER.DISK BEFO
RE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM...-- ONE MORE WA
RNING... THIS PROGRAM.USES THE VALIDATE 
COMMAND.  SINCE SOME.DISKS HAVE INFORMAT
ION THAT IS NOT.HANDLED CORRECTLY BY VAL
IDATE.COMMANDS, DO NOT USE UNSCRATCH ON 
SUCH.A DISK-- OR ON ANY DISK YOU WOULD N
OT.VALIDATE (COLLECT) FROM BASIC....DISK
 FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:..UNSCRATCH..--
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