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Win2K equivalent of W9X Scandisk to recover bad floppies? 2

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The Win9X Scandisk utility is very useful for recovering failing floppy disk sectors. Does Win2K have an equivalent utility please?

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Yes - just right click on the drive in explorer and go properties>tools>error checking and make sure to tick both boxes
 
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Yes

Right click the floppy drive in my computer, Properties and choose Tools and then "Check volume for errors".

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