REBUILDING A VALDOCS 1.1X INDEX
                       CP/M INDEXER Method

The message "Error on reading disk: = 1" (Error 1) actually means
that the Indexer's data files are corrupted.  Because of the way
the Indexer data files are corrupted, you must NOT delete them,
since it could potentially erase all of your data.  Therefore, to
correct the problem this section will show you how to copy only
the good document files from the bad data diskette to a new/good
data diskette using the CP/M INDEXER program.  A second section,
"Indexing non-Inedexed files", will help you rebuild the Index on
the new/good data diskette.

Since this section only outlines the steps necessary to rebuild
an Index for a computer system that has floppy drives only, hard
disk users will have to modify the procedure according to their
computer system configuration.

ASSUMPTIONS: We will assume that the error message is still
displayed and that the bad data diskette is in the right floppy
drive.  We also assume that you already have a blank formatted
diskette for the right drive and a copy of CP/M B2.20 or later.

Getting into CP/M's INDEXER program

1.   Remove the Valdocs System diskette from the left drive and
     put the CP/M B2.2x diskette in its place.

2.   Press the reset button.  It is located on the front of the
     computer below the right drive.

3.   After the A> (A prompt) appears, press the INDEX key.

Get data from the bad Valdocs data diskette

4.   When the file pointer (>>   <<) is around the first file,
     replace the CP/M diskette in left drive (drive A) with the
     bad Valdocs data diskette from the right drive (drive B).

5.   To inform Indexer that you have changed diskettes, type the
     following (do not type in the parenthetical comments):

          s    (The command to set drive.)
          a    (The drive to set to.)
          0    (The user area to set to.)

     and press RETURN.  Then press RETURN again to tell Indexer
     to find all files.

6.   The only files that need to be copied are the document
     files.  The document file names are composed of 8 digits, a
     period, and end in VAL (eg., 84B03011.VAL).  Move the file
     pointer to the first numbered.VAL file.  Type:

          t    (The command to tag a file.)

     A "#" will appear next to each file that is tagged.

7.   Repeat step 6 for all numbered.VAL files.

Copy the data to the good diskette

8.   Place the blank formatted diskette in the right drive.

9.   Now that all the numbered.VAL files are tagged, you can mass
     copy all tagged files to the good data diskette.  Type the
     following without the parenthetical comments:

          m    (The command to mass copy.)
          b    (The drive to mass copy to.)
          0    (The user area to mass copy to.)

     and press RETURN.  Then type:

          n

     and Indexer will not automatically replace duplicate files. 
     Therefore, if a file being copied has the same name as
     another file on the second disk, INDEXER will ask for a
     confirmation to replace it.

Avoiding duplicate file names

10.  To avoid creating files with the same name later on, you
     need to look at the files on the diskette in drive B:. 
     Type:

          s    (The command to set drive.)
          b    (The drive to set to.)
          0    (The user area to set to.)

     and press RETURN.  Then press RETURN again to tell Indexer
     to find all files.
11.  NOTE: The numbers in the file name show the date that the
     file was created or last used.  In the example file name,
     the first 2 characters (84) are the year and the third
     character (B) is the month.  (The letters A, B, and C are
     the months Oct., Nov., and Dec., respectively.)  Digits 5
     and 6 (03) are the date of the month and the last 3 digits
     (011) are a unique file number for that day.  Therefore,
     84B03011.VAL was created or last used in 1984, during
     November, on the third day and was the eleventh file for
     that day.  For further information on the TPM file names of
     indexed files, read the section "Determining the TPM File
     Name of a Valdocs Indexed File."

     Move the file pointer to the first file name that is made
     from today's date.  If there are no file names with today's
     date skip to step 14.

12.  Type:

          r    (The command to rename a file)

     and enter the first 8 digits of the current file name, a
     period (.), add the letters DOC, and press RETURN.  This
     changes the file name enough to avoid any complications
     later on.

13.  Repeat steps 11 and 12 for every file that must be renamed.

Exiting INDEXER

14.  Type:

          x

     to leave Indexer.

Reloading a new copy of the Valdocs Indexer

15.  Replace the bad Valdocs diskette currently in left drive
     with the Valdocs System diskette.

16.  Reboot by pressing the reset button.

17.  After Valdocs has reloaded, press any key to get into the
     Editor.

You are now finished with this part of the routine and can go on
to the next section "Indexing non-Indexed files" to recover your
documents.