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From: drudman@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Intermittent FAT table problems on new Mitsubishi drive
Message-ID: <1710009@hpcc01.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 91 00:30:14 GMT
References: <15150@life.ai.mit.edu>
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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Better yet... pick up a copy of Spinrite II hard disk utility.  This utility
is a must.  It will low-level reformat you hard drive without killing the
data already on it.  It will also optimize the drive for the best interleave
factor as well as mark any bad blocks and move the data located on them
elsewhere.  In reality, this program should be run once a year to "scrub" a
hard drive, since after use, certain portions of the media are bound to go
bad.  I forget the makers of Spinrite II, but check any local trade magazines
(PC World, PC Magazine, etc.)  Should run you 'bout $50-$80, but well worth it
in missed headaches and data crashes.

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