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  • Be sure to checkout “Tips & Tricks”
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  • BootAble – FreeDOS boot testing freeware

    To obtain direct, low-level access to a system's mass storage drives, SpinRite runs under a GRC-customized version of FreeDOS which has been modified to add compatibility with all file systems. In order to run SpinRite it must first be possible to boot FreeDOS.

    GRC's “BootAble” freeware allows anyone to easily create BIOS-bootable media in order to workout and confirm the details of getting a machine to boot FreeDOS through a BIOS. Once the means of doing that has been determined, the media created by SpinRite can be booted and run in the same way.

    The participants here, who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience, their successes and some frustrations with booting their computers into FreeDOS, have created a valuable knowledgebase which will benefit everyone who follows.

    You may click on the image to the right to obtain your own copy of BootAble. Then use the knowledge and experience documented here to boot your computer(s) into FreeDOS. And please do not hesitate to ask questions – nowhere else can better answers be found.

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    Pending Extreme physical measures to recover nearly impossibly corrupt drives.

    I was about to write, "now that's a funny joke!" But, no.... You aren't kidding?? I can't imagine how that works. Generally, the positioning servos were using tracks that were preformatted before it was made. Later though, I think it would dynamically find the tracks on the fly... But that...
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    Pending Extreme physical measures to recover nearly impossibly corrupt drives.

    I've used Spinrite to recover data and files from drives that are so corrupt, most all the files had errors, and if left to try to fix most of them, We'd ne on version 8.0 of Spinrite. Here are some tricks I've used to fix portions of drives, enough to get the files I wanted at least. In one...
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    (Was AWelsh@CDP.com before I sold my domain.)

    (Was AWelsh@CDP.com before I sold my domain.)