Sunday, August 29, 2010

ProtectData, A freeware data recovery & hiding software

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ProtectData is a small "freeware" (Had I an alternative, I dare not to use the term) which presently does the following :
  1. Recovers data from a damaged floppy
  2. Hides data on a floppy using a custom (& inefficient) file system & of course, retrieves, displays & optionally saves them in the form of a file
  3. Hides the existing contents of a floppy
  4. Reads/Writes the raw sectors of a floppy & displays/save them in a form of a file


Since it's in its BETA, so lots of bugs will be there which need to be addressed. So, I'd like to request you to give it a try & let me know.

As floppy drives are obsolete today, so one can use VFD & simulate a floppy drive with a drive letter A:\ (presently, it's a must)

The program sometimes faces a problem in dismounting the drive to which it opens a handle. In that case, one should unmount & remount the image from within VFD.

Since still I'm not sure about the acceptability & also running in short of time, I couldn't (or didn't) prepare a detailed user guide, but a primitive documentation. I'll request the user to go it through before actually trying it out.

Any queries posted on this thread will be answered ASAP.

BTW, I've planned to put a bit more detailed user guide & technical documentation after a few days. I'm personally grateful to Nuno for his effort & support in guiding me doing that.

Lastly, I don't consider myself eligible to put my small endeavour here, in Projectforge, which is a breeding ground for large projects. But I started a thread here just to support the moderators' endless effort to "put everything in place". If someone develops a hard feelings, please do look on my signature text.
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Attached File  ProtectData_0.1_beta.rar ( 31.39K ) 
Attached File  Documentation_0.1_beta.rar ( 109.99K )

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