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In article <39c053b9.5158254@news.alphalink.com.au>, 
phaywood@alphalink.com.au.REMOVE.THIS.BIT wrote:
>Groovy hepcat Steen Nielsen was jivin' on Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:54:25
>+0200 in alt.msdos.programmer.
>help to fix bad sectores's a cool scene! Dig it!
>
>>Hi I need a dos program to repaer bad sectores on my harddrive
>>can any one please tell me which program i should use.
>
>  You can't fix bad sectors. They're a fact of life. There's really
>nothing you can do. Those sectors have gone to the great bit bucket 
>in the sky.

Is everything so clearly black or white, or can we have a bit
of grey here too?

Up until 72 hours ago I may have unconditionally agreed with 
the "great bit bucket" concept, but I'm now wondering about it...

You see, a bloke who clearly knows more than I do about such things
in general (he's a PC support professional) recently told me that 
one of the ways some modern demo programs "know" whether they've been
installed previously is to mark a sector bad.  [And, presumably, put
a bit of stuff in that sector to confirm that they've done it when
they look again later?]

If this is so, then maybe there would be a way to recover such lost
space?  Whether it would be worth the effort is another issue -- 
I guess it depends whether this scenario is real; and, if so, how many 
demos you trial. ;-)

Cheers,  Ian S.

ianstDELETE@THISdpi.qld.gov.au