> > > 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. > that's right. and even better: dos scandisk always overwrites the second fat with the first one, if it finds a difference between them. so even if you have a working backup fat, then scandisk will screw it up. *lol*
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