How to fix a corrupted DOS 2.x hard disk?

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From: Cliff Dibble
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:44

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An acquaintance of mine has an old XT running an ancient version of DOS
(2.x). An electrical outtage occurred. When the power was restored the
machine wouldn't reboot from the hard drive; after rebooting from a
floppy it was apparent that major portions of the hard drive were
damaged. She executed CHKDSK /F.

Questions:

1. Would the Norton Utilties be of any use after a CHKDSK /F ?

2. I suggested that she BACKUP and COPY any and all undamaged
   directories and files to floppies and then reformat the
   disk and install DOS 5.0. Would she be able to COPY and
   RESTORE files from those DOS 2.0 floppies onto a DOS 5.0
   hard disk?

Please respond via e-mail. Thanks in advance.

-Cliff-

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Subject: How to fix a corrupted DOS 2.x hard disk?
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