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hi

as i m doin data recovery project for floppy disk whenever i put some big doc file of abt 600 kb or so then i get negative sector number in my fat information and hence that sector is not read..........

m doin all this in c/c++

wat can be the reason for negative value of sectors

plz help

thanks
Jul 16 '07 #1
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You are using an int try using a long or double. The maximum value an integer can be is 2147483647 on the positive side after you go past this number it goes to negative values.

Hope this is the answer to your problem.
Jul 16 '07 #2
JosAH
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You are using an int try using a long or double. The maximum value an integer can be is 2147483647 on the positive side after you go past this number it goes to negative values.

Hope this is the answer to your problem.
If there are that many sectors on a floppy disk that sure is a huge pancake ;-)

kind regards,

Jos
Jul 16 '07 #3
If there are that many sectors on a floppy disk that sure is a huge pancake ;-)

kind regards,

Jos


thats wat i think.......there are just 2880 usable sectors in floppy.......i dont think this can be the reason........ think more plz.......

thanks
Jul 17 '07 #4

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