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I read an interesting article in PC Magazine that I wanted to share with
you. I found this in the April 13,1993 issue. On page 122 it
states...Don't throw out Dos 5 just yet! Although the list of
programs, drivers, and utilities that will ship with DOS 6 wasn't
finalized at presstime, it appeared that DOS 5's Mirror and Recover
commands would be dropped. This would be unfortunate; Running Mirror
with a /PARTN switch is a handy way to back up the partition tables on
your hard disk, and Recover (though a potentially dangerous command) can
salvage files that have developed bad sectors. Before you throw out DOS 5
it's probably a good idea to make copies of MIRROR.COM and RECOVER.EXE.
Make a copy of DOS 5's UNFORMAT utility as well, because you'll need
it's /PARTN switch to restore partition tables backed up with MIRROR.
Since DOS 6 contains it's own UNFORMAT command (without the /PARTN switch)
give the old one a new name, such as UNMIRROR.COM.