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28 Nov 99 10:29, Roman Milukov wrote to Kirill Frolov:
KF>> When reading-writing. And formatting is shrouded in a terrible secret.
RM> I still don’t understand what you’re talking about?
If the sector was counted/written on the 10th attempt, then it can be overwritten
in the reserve area.
KF>> Well, what if there is such a text file from
KF>> on the screw disk? another screw ???
RM> Yes, at least 100 of these files! Move the cursor, press the [3] button and read what and
RM> what screw you wrote about. :)
And it will find this line there and will identify new disks.
RM> But seriously... For me, for example, one 40M screw is enough
RM> in excess, but you won’t get confused with it. In general, all this can be solved at the level of
RM> utilities, the main thing is to boot the system first.
Well, that means you need to look for the MBR from block 0 to the end of the screw.
Kirill Frolov. [ZX]