Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!amdahl!bnrmtv!zarifes From: zarifes@bnrmtv.UUCP (Kenneth Zarifes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Recovering files with bad spots Message-ID: <1322@bnrmtv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 22:42:45 EST Article-I.D.: bnrmtv.1322 Posted: Wed Jan 7 22:42:45 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 06:38:33 EST References: <2319@dalcs.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 18 > I recently had to recover a file which had developed a CRC error on one > sector. I tried DOS copy, typeing I for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" > as well as various things with Norton's Utilities, etc. I finally > succeeded by copying the whole disk with Locksmith's Fast backup > utility. The file on the copy-disk was readable and complete except > for some garbage where the munged sector had been. > > Is there an easier way to do this (there should be!). Perhaps, a > software product? Is there anything which duplicates Locksmith's > "fast backup". If nothing else, it's alot faster than MSDOS's > diskcopy. It would be nice to have it a simple utility. I believe The Mace Utilities includes a utility that will recover files from damaged areas of the disk (and does a rather good job of it too). -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!zarifes --Ken Zarifes