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Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:49:10 -0500
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At 08:37 25-03-98 -0600, you wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Bill Cohane wrote:
>> This little debug program will completely clean off track 0 on your
>> hardisk.  Useful for removing drive BIOS overlays and such, and for
>> when drives don't seem to behave.  Will also completely remove track 0
>
>Would this program be able to recover a "track 0 bad" situation?

It should do that, providing the disk surface is okay in this region.

Remember that this is an extreme solution and you'll have to fdisk and
format the disk, then install your operating system.

It's been months since I used this, but several other people thanked
the original poster, saying it worked for them as well. No bad reports.

Regards,
Bill

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