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From: mendi@netcom.UUCP (Greg Mendizabal)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: help!!!!
Message-ID: <16196@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 4 Nov 90 19:29:56 GMT
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From article <26523.2732b4e8@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by 2hmapublic@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu:
> These day whenever i use hard-drive.  it will give me error message "error
> writing FAT area". so i can copy any thing or run some of my programs. Is
>                        
Well, it sounds bad.  Your HD may be going south.  But, you may try using a
program like SpinRite or Disk Technician to do a non-destructive low-level
format.  It may be able to lock out the bad areas and relocate the FAT to a 
better area.

Greg Mendizabal