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04-Sep-2003, 11:00 PM #1
Corrupt Floppy? Try this....
I've been able to repair several floppy disks that had a bad boot sector with this great utility.

Make a copy of the "bad floppy", and try flopshow on the copy of the bad disk.

http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com/flopshow.html
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05-Sep-2003, 03:07 AM #2
I just downloaded it...I'll give it a try!
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05-Sep-2003, 07:29 AM #3
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Thanks, I'll give it a try as I also have several bad floppy disks.
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05-Sep-2003, 09:13 AM #4
Let me know what you think
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05-Sep-2003, 07:34 PM #5
Worked great for me!



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Angel's to blame for finding this great utility
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