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From: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help with recovering hard disk
Message-ID: <966@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-May-87 14:41:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  7 14:41:52 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 06:08:04 EDT
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Reply-To: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP (Stefan M. Vorkoetter)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: HD low level formatter


It seems to me, that in order to analyse the surface of the disk for defects
by using the disk drive (as opposed to a visual inspection under a microscope),
that one would have to write to it.  This would obviously destroy anything on
it beyond recovery.  The program should have warned you.  If it did not, then
it was poorly designed.  Sorry about the bad news.  I hope you had a backup.