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From: Dave Beeman
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:33

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Can someone tell me if IDE drives need anything special in the way of
disk diagnostic software?  I have an old version of the Norton Utilities
DT program which dates from the days before IDE drives were popular.  Will
it work with my Maxtor 7213A IDE drive?  Can I get into trouble by using it
to mark any bad clusters which it finds?  If I need software which is
specific to IDE drives, can you suggest some shareware or PD programs?

Thanks for any help,
Dave Beeman - dbeeman@dogstar.colorado.edu

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