[thechat] Win FAT Repair Utility?
chris hardy
lists at semioticpixels.com
Fri Jan 21 17:00:58 CST 2005
actually, scandisk was part of norton disk doctor - Microsoft bought it and
renamed it scandisk.
-chris
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> [mailto:thechat-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Luther, Ron
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:36 PM
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>
> Judah McAuley chimed in:
>
> >>Two quick things come to mind:
> >>fdisk /mbr ... that writes a new master boot record and
> can fix file
> >>allocation problems. It is non-destructive (unless you have a boot
> >>sector virus).
>
> Hi Judah!
>
> Pretty close ... I think I read earlier today that you can't
> have a space
> in that command.
>
> <shocking confession>
> I don't 'fdisk' often.
>
> I KNOW! You wouldn't think it to look at me ... but it's true.
>
> So I 'cheated' and surfed around for some instructions ...
> the ones I ended
> up stealing were pretty emphatic about not including any
> spaces in that
> command.
> <20 Hail Mary's and I'm outta here! />
>
>
> >>Look for an old copy of Norton Disk Doctor.
>
> Oh wow! ... ;-) ... Cool! ... You got me good, dude ... I had
> *completely* forgotten about that! You are right! That was a
> pretty good utility.
>
> (Dang! I wouldn't have guessed you were old enough to 'member that!)
>
> Good call!
>
> (There ain't no way I'm gonna find a copy - but yeah - an excellent
> recommendation anyway!)
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> RonL.
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