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Not bad510
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Added:
July 18, 2006
Updated:
April 29, 2008
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Website
File size:
3.2 MB
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37
Nick Mead

“Copy the files containing bad sectors”

by Nick Mead

Have you ever suffered an unreadable hard drive and subsequently lost essential files that were stored on that sector?

If so, Durable Copy lets you rescue such files by allowing you to copy those containing unreadable sectors. This can be useful in a wide range of circumstances from those instances when you need to rescue critical system files to simply a movie that you desperately want to see but can no longer view. The problem however is that many programs, such as Word or Excel, won't read files that have been rescued because they are physically damaged but at least you are able to rescue the files for repairing later. Using the program is very simple. In the program's explorer window, you simply browse to and right click on those files you want to rescue. You drag them to the target folder you want to save them to. You'll see the option "Copy with DurableCopy" and the program will kick into action to see if it can rescue the broken sectors. Durable Copy reads various sectors sequentially until you click "Don't read this file" on those sectors that are too badly damaged. In the end, what you will have is a partially recovered file which is better than nothing at all.

This program will not rescue files in badly damaged hard drives but it's the next best thing to a complete recovery solution for corrupted files.

Languages:

English

Limitations:

30 day Trial Period

OS requirements for Durable Copy:

  • OS: Win2000/XP/2003
Pros
  • Helps rescue files from damaged sectors
Cons
  • Can't rescue files from all damaged drives
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From the publisher of Durable Copy

Durable Copy lets you to safely copy files containing unreadable sectors. For instance, if you have a CD or DVD with a certain interesting movie. You wish to watch this movie but can't do it because the disk contains unreadable sectors, and it is read badly.

At that, your computer either reads this disk not properly or can't read only some sectors in it. At a time when broken sectors draw near, then image becomes very unsteady. As a result you can't enjoy the film. You wish you were able to copy this movie to your computer' hard disk and to watch the movie from there but, for example, some files somewhere in the middle of this disk are not read totally. In this case, Durable Copy would be useful for you.

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