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From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
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Subject: Re: Help needed with DiskDoctor messages.
Message-ID: <56772@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 14:09:39 GMT
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>
> Using DiskDoctor last night, I was informed that the disk I was
> resurrecting had:
>
> Hard Error Track 40 Surface 0.
>
> Could someone please explain what this means?
It means that the floppy has a physical error there and cannot be repaired.
>
> P.S. Is there a better utility than DiskDoctor to use for this sort of thing?

INFINITELY better; it's called DiskSalv, is by Our Own Dave Haynie, and is
available on Fish and by FTP. GET IT and USE IT!

> Thanks,
>       Alister Miller.
>
You're welcome.

                                                --Rick Wrigley
                                                fhwri@conncoll.bitnet