Extents Overflow File problems

When you have strong fragmented files, then its required to access the Extents Overflow File which is an area on the HFS+ partition. When this area has been overwritten, then there is no chance to restore files that have information stored in the affected area.

With '--find-eof' you can search for possible start blocks of the Extents Overflow File.

With '--extract-eof' its posbbile to save the Extents Overflow File into a file. This file can be used for the restore process.

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