From: steve.c.marchant@btopenworld.com   
      
   Kay Archer  wrote in message   
   news:bobokg$1cdtbs$1@ID-176353.news.uni-berlin.de...   
   > There are a few bad "allocation units" on your hard drive.  You could try   
   > the manufacturor's software to either 'repair' or do a low-level format   
   > (write 0's to drive) and see if it repairs the bad areas.  It may be   
   > physical damage and while format trys to fix it, it cannot be fixed.   
   >   
   Thanks for the help.. Unfortunately I don't know the manufacture of the HD -   
   the pc was made up by an obscure company that's long since gone out of   
   business, and no software was ever supplied with it.   
      
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