« on: January 30, 2011, 06:04:40 PM »
There are formatting utilities on Aminet that will format what is usable, and map out what is not. Do a search on Aminet...
You can save most of those disks.
True this will not help you for writing ADF files - BUT it will at least allow you to use the disks for other storage (.dms most likely will not work on these disks either). One program on aminet is:
http://aminet.net/search?query=format+bad+disks
« Last Edit: January 30, 2011, 06:24:17 PM by motrucker »

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