Date   : Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:54:52 +0100
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: 'Sector not found' - disc copyable?

neil f wrote:
> I'm trying to rescue some control software from an old 5.25"
> disc before it heads for magnetic heaven. It's a 40 track DFS
> disc which I presume has copy protection

... or more likely a damaged disk!

Imagedisk on a PC can probably work around a missing sector mark. A data 
recovery company can probably get the missing sector back providing that the 
oxide layer's still physically present on the disk, but it won't come cheap...

cheers

Jules