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jmfbahciv

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Sep 5, 2009, 9:14:59 AM9/5/09
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Heads up, Rich!

Some time ago, in some newsgroup, I couldn't remember the names of
the programs we used to maintain disks (essentially finding the
bad blocks and marking them so nobody lost their data).

Somebody pointed Stephen Wolfe at the post and he emailed me
the answers.

TW would use DSKRAT. It is not a program to be used for
faint of heart and requires stand alone until done.

Stephen wrote a "user-friendly" (for expert users) replacement
and it's called KLEPTO. How I forgot that name, I'll never
know.

Thanks to Stephen for the correction.

/BAH

jmfbahciv

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Sep 6, 2009, 8:57:59 AM9/6/09
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And I spelled his name wrong. It is Steven.

/BAH

Rich Alderson

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Sep 8, 2009, 4:01:33 PM9/8/09
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jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv@aol> writes:

> Heads up, Rich!

Hey, Barb!

> Some time ago, in some newsgroup, I couldn't remember the names of
> the programs we used to maintain disks (essentially finding the
> bad blocks and marking them so nobody lost their data).

> Somebody pointed Stephen Wolfe at the post and he emailed me
> the answers.

> TW would use DSKRAT. It is not a program to be used for
> faint of heart and requires stand alone until done.

Amen to the "not for the faint of heart".

> Stephen wrote a "user-friendly" (for expert users) replacement
> and it's called KLEPTO. How I forgot that name, I'll never
> know.

And there's even a HELP file for it, with all kinds of useful information!

> Thanks to Stephen for the correction.

Thanks to both Steven and Barb for bringing this to my attention.

--
Rich Alderson "You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime."
ne...@alderson.users.panix.com --Death, of the Endless

jmfbahciv

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Sep 9, 2009, 7:20:28 AM9/9/09
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Rich Alderson wrote:
> jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv@aol> writes:
>
>> Heads up, Rich!
>
> Hey, Barb!
>
>> Some time ago, in some newsgroup, I couldn't remember the names of
>> the programs we used to maintain disks (essentially finding the
>> bad blocks and marking them so nobody lost their data).
>
>> Somebody pointed Stephen Wolfe at the post and he emailed me
>> the answers.
>
>> TW would use DSKRAT. It is not a program to be used for
>> faint of heart and requires stand alone until done.
>
> Amen to the "not for the faint of heart".

Not even JMF did the DSKRATs. :-)

>
>> Stephen wrote a "user-friendly" (for expert users) replacement
>> and it's called KLEPTO. How I forgot that name, I'll never
>> know.
>
> And there's even a HELP file for it, with all kinds of useful information!

Steven was very good about documentation.

>
>> Thanks to Stephen for the correction.
>
> Thanks to both Steven and Barb for bringing this to my attention.
>

You are very, very welcome.

/BAH

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