Repairing setup disks

[tiberiuscan]

Has anyone tried repairing a setup disk for DOS?
I have DOS 6.2 on three disks but there are two many corrupted files to do a proper install. (I can usually do a workaround using the uncorrupted files from the original computer).

[Eeyore]

If it is the SETUP program that fails, you can EXPAND all of the usable files manually. You can make a batch file for that.

I'd make a duplicate of the disk. I use Norton Utilities 7.0 DUPDISK which tries to recover what it can. Then try to Scandisk (or NDD) to repair it.

Transfering the system files to make a drive bootable is the only thing that can't be done by simple commands. If you have all of the files on a computer, you could compress them with PKZIP and make your own install batch.
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[tiberiuscan]

Hi Eeyore Yes I've run scandisk and there are no physical problems with the disks. I'm not familiar with Norton's Dupdisk.
I do have pkzip and pkunzip so I will probably do as you suggested and expand all files in a temporary folder, replace the corrupted files and then create a new set. I was just curious if anyone had found software that could repair the disks.
The setup files work fine, it's just that about eight files are corrupted on the first disk and over 15 on the second.

[slewi]

Have a look at Bootdisk.com they have images of the setup disks

[Eeyore]

That seems strange. If the scandisk shows no flaws, something would have to rewrite the file such as a virus. But the disks normally have the lock tab removed so even that should not occur.

Could there be a bad floppy drive on the computer you are using them on?

The Norton Dupdisk works like Windows 95 Diskcopy. But when it reaches a bad sector, it asks if you want it to try tro recover the data. It will scan over and over in bad areas until it can get no more bytes. Sometimes it can work.
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[tiberiuscan]

Hi Eeyore Yes the disks are all write protected. A friend of mine who runs a computer store has had several disks do that including his Win 3.11 disks. Scanning the disks indicate no errors.
As to the floppy drive I'm talking disks that have the same problem in four different machines. (I have two desktops and two laptops at home). I have Norton System Works 2000 and it couldn't find any problems either.

[John Dos II]

Check out [*** deleted ***].
They work.

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