Rebuilding a Valdocs 1.1x Index Part 1 This technical information is provided by Epson Systems Product Support Group. While it should prove useful to you we cannot guarantee that it will hold true in every instance. 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 procedure (Part 1) will show you how to copy only the document files from the bad data diskette to a new data diskette. Part 2 will then help you rebuild the Index on the new/good data diskette. Since this procedure 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. We will assume that the error message is still displayed and that the bad data diskette is in the right floppy drive and that you have a formatted new/good data diskette all ready for use. 1. Press UNDO until you get back to the Editor. 2. Press COPY DISK. Non-indexed single file copy 3. Select ingle File Copy. 4. Select opy file. 5. Since the Valdocs Indexer goes into Error 1 when it looks at its corrupted data files, it is extremely important that you do not use the Indexer in any way. Therefore, select the option on Indexed File. 6. When you are asked which drive is the source drive, type: A and press RETURN. 1 87.7.15 7. If it is not already there, place the bad data diskette in the left drive (after removing the System diskette the first time) and press any key to continue when the bad data diskette in the drive and ready. 8. The only files that need to be copied are the document files. The file names to all of these files are composed of 8 digits, a period, and end in VAL (eg. 84B03011.VAL ). Select the first file in the list that matches this criteria. 9. For the destination drive, type: B and press RETURN. 10. If it is not already there, place the new/good diskette in the right drive. Press any key to continue when that diskette is in the drive and ready. 11. You still cannot use Indexer, so select the option on indexed file. 12. NOTE: The numbers in the file name show the date that the file was created or last used. The first 2 characters (84) are the year and the third character (B) is the month. (The letters A, B, & C are the months Oct., Nov., & Dec., respectively.) Digits 5 & 6 (03) are the date of the month and the last 3 digits (011) are a unique file number for that day. The example file ( 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 paper titled "Determining the TPM File Name of a Valdocs Indexed File." If the file being copied does not have today's date for its file name, then select es to copy the file to the same name and skip to step 15. Avoiding duplicate file names 13. If the name of the file being copied does have today's date, you must select o in response to the question "Copy to same name?" to save yourself some grief later on. 14. When asked for the destination name, you can use the first 8 digits and change the "VAL" ending to "DOC" and then press RETURN. This changes the file name enough to avoid any complications later no. 15. You do not want to delete the original file so be sure to select o to keep it intact. 2 87.7.15 16. You are now back at the Copy Disk main menu. Repeat steps 3 through 15 for every document file on the bad data diskette that you want to recover. When you are finished with this part of the routine, you can go on to the paper titled "Rebuilding a Valdocs 1.1x Index, Part 2" to recover your documents. 3 87.7.15