Thread: Low Level Formatting Tools
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Old 25-09-2011, 15:26   #8
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Re: Low Level Formatting Tools
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Originally Posted by Welshchris View Post
if it fails it fails and ive told her that but if i can patch it up just until christmas its even better.
If you've access to a copy of 'Spinrite' run that on it. Level 2 will attempt to read and rewrite all sectors. It will also attempt to replace bad sectors. Details here:

http://www.grc.com/srrecovery.htm

That's the nearest thing to 'magic' you'll find.
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