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From: jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: SPINRITE
Keywords: Does it really work?
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Date: 24 Oct 90 17:55:48 GMT
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>[poster asks about Spinrite]
>
The new Norton Utilities v5.0 includes CALIBRATE, which performs interleave
change and low-level format renewal.  I haven't had time to try it out yet,
and I don't know how it compares to SpinRite.  I don't think it restores
unnecessarily-marked bad sector to use, but I might be wrong.

-- 
John Dudeck                                  "Nothing is foolproof, because
jdudeck@Polyslo.CalPoly.Edu                        fools are so ingenious."
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