Quoting Oswald Buddenhagen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > There is also usually a backup of the dos fat 6*512 bytes into the > > partition: > this is a copy of the boot sector, not the fat. > > > Possibly this location could be different depending on the parameters > > used when formatting, the size, the fat size (12, 16, 32). But there > > should be a backup somewhere. > > > it might be dependand from the formatting options, but it is definitively > specific to fat32. fat12/16 has not even a rudiment of such features.
Just an aside - the joke about the backup copy of the FAT is that it immediately follows the original, so if you hit one, chances are you've hit the other too. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.