BMS OR MIS HEX VALUES

[Glenno]

hey all this is really a question for stevo, do u or enyone else no the hex value or the mis hex vaule?? coz i got my HD formated and i didnt bak it up and now im running a easy recover pro programe that can restore some lost files and i just need to add the BMS and MIS files to the files to scan for but i need the hex vaules for em.

Thx guys
Glenno

[Hellfighter]

for what game you talking about?
that you need it for DF2 DF:TFD you now what one you need
there are some cover DF1-LW and some do DF:TFD and maybe DF:BHD really don't know if there is one for it.
StevanB he may have to ask samething to what DF-game you need it for?

[Glenno]

dflw its for, its the hexadecimal or somethin along the lines of that.

[Steve]

not really sure what u mean.
i know what hex is but i dont understand getting a files hex number.
i'll see if i can someone else to look over here

[living dead btu]

you formatted your hd and it still has files? Are you sure?

Usually a format destroys all information on a hard drive. I may be wrong, but i thought the info was destroyed during the drive integrity test part of the format.

I may be wrong. Usually recovery programs get stuff back that was deleted (in the case of windows, deleted and flushed) When DOS (ahem windows-whatever, DOS still lurks even in XP) When DOS deletes a file it simply removes the first character of the filename and leaves the rest of the file intact. (just like cp/m and atari did LOL) The deleted file will remain until such a time as DOS comes around and writes something else over it.(another file) A restore program simply slips the first letter (you supply) back into the filename. I may be wrong, but if you did a full DOS format command, i don't think there is anything there to restore.

As an aside, the Erase command still lurks about in DOS/windows. This command predates del and delete by several years and actually erases the file. I believe (it used to, but who knows now as much as DOS has been messed with.)

[ArcticWolf]

The files are still there unless you use a DoD type format or erasure. This type deletes/writes/delete/writes several times to ensure total removal of the file. Most formats/deletions only do as you said, remove part of the file name unless another file is written directly on top of that same location -then you need to get some of that EXPENSIVE HIGH COST software to attempt a retrieval and even that doesn't get everything most of the time.

[Glenno]

tru very tru but i did run a recovery programe and got bak my df2 bmses. and i did a normal format of a 40gb hd thats a high formate. well for the high cost programs theres always kazza lol

[Major Headache]

Maybe if you gave an example of how it worked for another type of file we could understand what you mean. Otherwise I'm as lost as everybody else here.

[tremor]

Hi there,

perhaps you need the hex-values for "BMS" and "MIS". Also if i understand you right the chars translated to hex.

Well maybe it helps:

$42 $4D $53 = BMS
$4D $49 $53 = MIS

Im wondering what tool you use for recovering the data´s. IMHO is living death right when he means a format removes the data completly from the drive ...
except you have made a quickformat (this clears only the file tables)