Re: disk utility

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> I need a disk utility under DOS3.3 to repair a file: one sector is bad.
>> I would like to copy it to a new file skipping the bad sector and saving
>> what can be saved.
> 
> Use Locksmith Fast copy to transfer the diskette to a new floppy.  It 
> will try it's best to copy the bad sector but will eventually skip it if 
> it can't be read.

This is the best approach so long as it's not a track/sector list entry
that went bad.  If it is, you *might* be able to fix it with FixCat from
the Bag of Tricks, but at that point some educated guesswork is required.

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