Rebuilding a Valdocs 1.1x Index Part 2 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. This procedure (Part 2) assumes you have already copied the document files to a new data diskette by their non-indexed file names. If you have not done so, you should use the paper titled "Rebuilding a Valdocs 1.1x Index, Part 1", before continuing. Part 2 picks up immediately where Part 1 ended in the COPY DISK main menu. We are also assuming that your experience level is at xpert or you will find that you cannot get the uirks menu to work in steps 5 or 9 of this procedure. 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. Reboot to the Editor 1. Press UNDO to return to the Editor. 2. Although the message at this point wants you to replace both the Valdocs system and data diskettes, only replace the bad data diskette in the left drive with the System diskette. DO NOT press any key to continue. 3. Press the Reset button. It is located on the front of the computer below the right floppy drive. By resetting the computer we insure that the Indexer module which may have been corrupted by reading bad data is replaced with a good copy of Indexer from the System diskette. 4. After Valdocs has reloaded, press any key to get into the Editor. 5. Select the uirks menu by entering CTRL-Q. This is done by holding down the CTRL key and typing the letter "Q". 1 87.7.15 6. Select irectory of disk. 7. Make sure that the printer is on and then do a screen dump (CTRL-PRINT). This is done by holding down the CTRL key and pressing the PRINT key. You will use the printed file directory later to rebuild the Index. If there are more files than will fit on one screen, be sure to get a screen dump of those files as well. 8. Press any key to continue. Retrieve non-indexed file 9. Select the uirks menu. 10. Select etrieve non-indexed file. 11. NOTE: When selecting the TPM file name to enter, you use the same criteria as you did in copying the files; only those files that start with 8 digits and end with VAL. Of course, any files that you changed from VAL to DOC are acceptable files, also. Be sure to include the period "." as part of the file name. Enter the first TPM file name from the printed file directory. STORE the recovered document 12. After the file is retrieved, press STORE to put it in the Index. 13. Enter the Index name for the file and press RETURN. 14. When you get back to the Editor you can repeat steps 9 through 13 for each TPM file you want to put back in your Index. The bad data diskette which you copied your files from is not "bad" in the sense that it is no longer usable. Rather, it just had bad data on the diskette which the Indexer program could not use or interpret. Therefore, you can make that "bad" diskette usable again simply by going to COPY DISK and using ake a data disk, after the Index has been rebuilt. 2 87.7.15