[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] Help needed with DiskDoctor messages.

alister@asis.unimelb.EDU.AU (Alister Miller) (06/18/91)

Using DiskDoctor last night, I was informed that the disk I was
resurrecting had:

Hard Error Track 40 Surface 0.

Could someone please explain what this means?

P.S. Is there a better utility than DiskDoctor to use for this sort of thing?

Thanks, 
	Alister Miller.

fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (06/20/91)

>
> Using DiskDoctor last night, I was informed that the disk I was
> resurrecting had:
>
> Hard Error Track 40 Surface 0.
>
> Could someone please explain what this means?
It means that the floppy has a physical error there and cannot be repaired.
>
> P.S. Is there a better utility than DiskDoctor to use for this sort of thing?

INFINITELY better; it's called DiskSalv, is by Our Own Dave Haynie, and is
available on Fish and by FTP. GET IT and USE IT!

> Thanks,
>       Alister Miller.
>
You're welcome.

                                                --Rick Wrigley
                                                fhwri@conncoll.bitnet