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Article #13958Re: Intermittent FAT table problems on new Mitsubishi drive
From: Drew Rudman
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 00:30
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 00:30
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Better yet... pick up a copy of Spinrite II hard disk utility. This utility is a must. It will low-level reformat you hard drive without killing the data already on it. It will also optimize the drive for the best interleave factor as well as mark any bad blocks and move the data located on them elsewhere. In reality, this program should be run once a year to "scrub" a hard drive, since after use, certain portions of the media are bound to go bad. I forget the makers of Spinrite II, but check any local trade magazines (PC World, PC Magazine, etc.) Should run you 'bout $50-$80, but well worth it in missed headaches and data crashes. | Drew Rudman | 9600 HST 60 megs | | drewr@hpiosa.corp.hp.com or | The Charge | | Axe Slinger (#1) on The | IBM/Apple 24 hrs/day | | Charge | (415) 321-4713 - Menlo Park, CA |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpcc05!hpcc01!drudman From: drudman@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Intermittent FAT table problems on new Mitsubishi drive Message-ID: <1710009@hpcc01.HP.COM> Date: 25 Apr 91 00:30:14 GMT References: <15150@life.ai.mit.edu> Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services Lines: 14