"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.01.18.04.57.20.555755@zianet.com...
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:26:48 -0600, ***** charles wrote:
> 
>
> It's possible, but before I'd try to repair it, I'd run 'badblocks' on it
> first to make sure it's still all right.

First, thanks to everyone all for the feedback.  My friend decided
that it wasn't worth the hasle to get any data back so I just reformated
and did a clean install of Windows.  I am a Linux fan and
thought that Linux might be of some help.  All the software that
I found to "repair" file systems was way to expensive for the gain.

Is "badblocks" free?  What OS does it run under?  Is it command-
line or GUI?  Can it actually fix a corrupted file system or does it
just work at the file level?

thanks,
charles.....

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