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From: jeffj@sfsup.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: need assistance in recovering/salvaging diskette contents
Message-ID: <1121@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 13:52:23 EST
Article-I.D.: sfsup.1121
Posted: Wed Feb 18 13:52:23 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 07:21:03 EST
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[sprong!]

I have a disk and two sectors have gone bad.
I get read errors (meaning that possibly the formatting was damaged).

I understand that there are programs to help me repair the disk.
	DISK DOCTOR - Who sells it?  Is it much better than DU?
	DU - public domain  (I'm getting a copy soon.
		Will I have to customize it a lot?)
	SPAT - public domain.  I have a copy.  It's useless without
		the specific system it was written for.

Since I plan to recover only the text files, I figure that I can
display all the good sectors, and like a puzzle, put together
the good pieces and combine those sectors to a 'good disk'
as one file.
Oh - this is a 5.25" double sided 80 track disk.
track 1 side 0 sector 3 went bad (directory!).
Looking at the other directory sectors would probably help
me find some files and narrow down the sector search.

Any helpful advise?

	Jeffrey 'paper based lifeform' Jonas
	{ihnp4 | allegra | cbosgd} attunix ! jeffj