XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   pyotr filipivich  wrote:   
   [...]   
   >         However, the main problem I have is that two of the install disks   
   > have developed "bit rot".  Bad sectors and the file can't be read.  Oh   
   > well, after 25 years, I can't complain too loudly.   
      
     If you have PC Tools or Norton Utilities (I forget), you could try to   
   'revive' the bad sectors. That used to work quite well in The Old Days   
   (TM). Perhaps it still works after 25 years.   
      
     IIRC, PC Tools or Norton Utilities could make a disk copy of the good   
   parts of a bad disk. If so, you could make a backup disk before you   
   start fiddling with the original one.   
      
     FWIW, I also still have several hundred diskettes and floppies,   
   patiently sitting in a box, waiting for a time which will probably never   
   come! :-) c.q. :-(   
      
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