Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: 1701/help (PC) Message-ID: <0006.9009131758.AA06913@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 11 Sep 90 02:27:53 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 17 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu In article <0005.9009101250.AA03627@buchholz@ese3.ogi.edu (Don Buchholz) writes : > On the bright side, we've had 2 XT-clones, with Seagate ST-225's that > had gone "sour" (for lack of a better term), that were revived (files > recovered and all!) by redoing the low-level format! I won't promis It has to be done with a utility package, like SPINRITE, or the equivalent to be able to retain the files. If you do it with the built-in formatter, i.e. debug g=c800:5 you will wipe all the files out. Repartioning the hard disk using FDISK (which is necessary in this case) also destroys any data. By using one of several reformatting utilities that do a lowlevel reformat in place, you should be o.k. HOWEVER, they all depend on the disk actualy being readable. Cheers Woody