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Bad sector un-flag?

    22-Jun-94 08:58:47
Sb: Bad sector un-flag?
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Sysop
I'm looking for a way to un-flag bad sectors on my DOS boot partition. I have PC Tools v7.0. Six months ago, the July '93 version of WinNT malfunctioned several times on reboot because of my improperly terminated SCSI bus, and its version of 'chkdsk' runs on start-up, and it marked some sectors as bad when they actually aren't. I think this has eaten up several megs of hard disk space. I realize that a format and restore will solve the problem, but I'd like to avoid the risk and hassle. If I engage in a format and restore, what do I need to worry about when it comes to the WinNT boot loader? Can I safely enter WinNT, format the boot partition, restore via WinNT Backup, and be on my way? Read action !DEL % You are not authorized to delete this message Read action !