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From: dhf@linus.mitre.org (David H. Friedman)
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Subject: Re: Asking advice on Nortons 5.0
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Date: 14 Feb 91 16:08:48 GMT
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In article <mamos.666487742@uafhp> mamos@uafhp.uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) writes:
>
>I own Norton 5.0 and prefer it over PCTools.  There is a program similar to
>Spinrite called CALIBRAT and has at least one advantage over Spinrite - it
>works on my IDE drive....  (IDE drives have a built in read cache that will
>cause Spinrite to puke).  I have not experienced any trouble with Norton 5.0
>at all.
>
I have Norton 5.0, and CALIBRAT won't work on my sector-translating 1:1
controller (1 logical sector = 1024 bytes). Recently at a local software
outlet I looked at a recent SpinRite, and the package had a printed notation
that SR now works on sector-translating and a few other odd controller types.
Anyone know more about this?

dhf@linus.mitre org