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From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HELP! Corrupted Disks
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Date: 11 Jun 88 20:40:41 GMT
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Martin writes:
>diskdoctor on them, they all (with rare exceptions) have hard errors
>on track 40.

This is invariably a symptom of some software doing "Delay(0)" (a bug
in the OS later causes track 40 problems). You're probably using some
old PD software; often these bugs get fixed in later releases, so
(A) try upgrading any old software, and (B) try and pin down which s/w
you ran just prior to finding the problem.

>Also, after diskdoctor finishes, I get a requester
>that says: Insert volume Lazarus.  I have never had a disk named this!

The name "Lazarus" is a joke. You know, like Heinlein's character
Lazarus Long, who lived forever? But your disk didn't. Hey, it's not *my* joke.
"Lazarus" may originally have been a biblical name (cohort of Methusaleh?).

There's a small amount of extra information about this situation that
I can't recall; I know I'm forgetting something...

A recommendation: never, never, never use diskdoctor. It's just not
very good. Instead use the freeware program Disksalv (from an early
fish disk). It does a good job of recovering the damaged disk to a
new disk.
	Doug
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