Re: Recovering deleted documents

Tom Snyder sure was a trip. I really enjoyed his mania. Anyone remember
Joe Pine?

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:25:31 -0700 (PDT), "James H H Lampert"
<jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > What if you were to share QDLS and mount it on your PC. Then use a
> > Windows-based 'undelete' utility? Or a Linux alternative? Never tried,
> > it, but may help.
> 
> I doubt it. Windoze-based (or DOS-based) undelete utilities work because
> of the way directories are stored in DOS and Windoze, and the way files
> are deleted on those platforms. On an AS/400, disk space across all
> drives, as well as memory, are all controlled as "single-level store,"
> and
> even if the directory structure were amenable to a DOS-style undelete,
> the
> file data would most likely be long-gone by the time anybody managed to
> use such a utility.
> 
> Personally, to paraphrase something Tom Snyder once said on his
> "Tomorrow"
> late-night TV talk show, I'd say your chances of a successful undelete
> are
> five, and "Slim," "Fat," "Snowball-in-Hell" and an Asian fellow who goes
> by the name, "The Chinaman," have all left the country.
> 
> --
> JHHL
> 
> 
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