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From: pipkins@qmsseq.imagen.com (Jeff Pipkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help - Track 0 bad on Hard Disk
Message-ID: <44@qmsseq.imagen.com>
Date: 10 Nov 89 17:53:50 GMT
References: <905@ac.dal.ca> <340015@hpsgpa.HP.COM>
Reply-To: pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins)
Organization: QMS Inc., Mobile, Alabama
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In article <340015@hpsgpa.HP.COM> plim@hpsgpa.HP.COM (Peter Lim) writes:
>> 
>>        Awhile ago (about 2 months) I read something about 
>> formatting a hard disk with track 0 failure. I don't remember the 
>> details of the solution. Could someone please aid a poor failing 
>> hard disk and Email me this trick.
>> 
>
>Are you sure this can be done ? If so, PLEASE let me into the trick
>too ! Although I am not having such problem at the moment. Never
>know it will become handy.    I thought it can't be done.

I am told that Paul Mace claims that his MACE utilities can recover from
a FORMAT C: command EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MACE UTILITIES LOADED
WHEN THE FORMAT OCCURRED!  I haven't tried it, but if I had just 
accidently formatted my drive, I'd buy it for the chance.  His utilities
get good reviews, too.

I am not in any way connected with the Mace Utilities or the company
that sells it and the opinions expressed here are my own.