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   From: pjpoirierislocated@hotmail.com   
      
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   this@ddress.is.invalid says...   
   >   
   > 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. :-(   
      
   So did I. All junk and unreadable now. Only good for fire starters as   
   won't even format.   
      
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