P. Ulaszewski bad sector repair utilities

DRevitalize
(last update on 1st August 2009)
current version is 2.30 (DOS/Win2K/XP/Vista)

DRevitalize is a program that repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on popular magnetic media (hard drives and also floppy drives to some extent) by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area. The surface of almost any drive can be repaired with this utility (even hard drives that were dropped down or exposed to strong electromagnetic fields). For more informations please read the full documentation!!!

DREVITALIZE 2.30 TUTORIAL

Drevitalize timeline since early 2004

2004 April - DRevitalize v0.10 for DOS is extensively tested.
2004 August - DRevitalize v1.00 first public release for DOS.
2005 June - DRevitalize v1.10 improved release for DOS.
2007 March - DRevitalize v1.20 last release for DOS only.
2007 April - DRevitalize v2.00 first release for Windows 2K/XP.
2007 June - DRevitalize v2.10 key update for Windows 2K/XP.
2007 November - DRevitalize v2.20 update for Windows 2K/XP.
2009 May - DRevitalize v2.30 update for Windows 2K/XP/Vista.

Please note that under Windows you need to run DRevitalize as an administrator to have access to anything else than a floppy disk. Windows will not allow you to scan hard drives in simple user mode. Although DRevitalize can run in the background, it is not recommended to run other programs which use the drive being tested. This is especially true when revitalize/refresh slow sectors option is active as it could result in data corruption on the revitalized drive. Additionally, the revitalize/refresh slow sectors option should never be run on drives with important data.

DRevitalize v2.30 demo downloads for Windows and 32-bit DOS

DRevitalize Windows DEMO (363KB)

DRevitalize DOS DEMO (65KB)

Advantages of new Drevitalize 2.30 package

Full Windows Vista support.
Better handling of sector 0 bad problem.
Up to 32 storage devices are detected and can be selected to test and repair.
Ability to change from Multi sector mode to Single sector mode operation.
New default software buffer is 128K (256 sectors) to speed up data transfer and allow faster response when bad sectors are detected in multi sector scan mode.
Option tab upon selecting a drive for testing, these include the possibility to change starting and ending sector, number of passes and repair count loop.
New option allowing to revitalize slow sectors. The user will be able to specify a delay in ms when accessing a single sector above which the sector will be treated like a bad sector. Sector content will be refreshed after applying the drevitalize process.
New option allowing to revitalize slow sectors. The user will be able to specify a delay in ms when accessing an area of sectors above which the area will be treated like a bad area. Each sector of that area will be refreshed after applying the drevitalize process.
Special console handlers to restore the repaired disk state. They take over on closing the Drevitalize window.
Extended info with 3 color steps for progress bar with mode, repair count, slow sector refresh and number of passes information.
Extended statistics at the end including absolute sectors info.
Pressing ESC at end screen now takes the user back to main menu instead of exiting the program.
DOS version should have full SATA info implemented.
Corrected some minor color flaws in DOS version on main menu.

DRevitalize 2.30 screenshots
Minor upgrades to a higher version of DRevitalize 2.xx are free and will be sent to all customers.
Anyone who donated to the DRevitalize project before the 1st August 2007 is considered a legal customer with single site license.

DRevitalize 2.30 Win2K/XP/Vista requires at least Windows 2000 to run. DOS version requires a BIOS with INT 13h extensions.
Please remember that for seriously damaged hard drives you may experience the DMA reverts to PIO problem under Windows.

DREVITALIZE LICENSE AGREEMENT - PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING

Order DRevitalize 2.30 for as low as $35 for single site use
You may install the software on 1 computer and use it for commercial, private, educational or hobbyist purposes.

Order DRevitalize 2.30 for as low as $50 for multi-stie use
You may install the software on an unlimited number of compatible computers in your company.
An unlimited number of employees of the company may use the software at the same time.

Upgrade to DRevitalize 2.30 multi-site license for as low as $15
This is a one time license upgrade for customers with single site license.

Please allow a few hours to process your request.
After payment via PayPal you will receive related documentation and the program as a gzip attachment.

The Drevitalize 2.30 is a powerful utility with a lot of additional options designed to repair magnetic media storage devices. The improved and extended multi sector core will provide better support and analysis of damaged storage devices, moreover it is much faster then the free DOS Drevitalize/Single sector system used in version 1.0/1.2.

Now You can also test in the same way digital cameras, flash drives and other USB devices.

Older version of DRevitalize 1.2 (Light/DOS) is freeware
DREV.ZIP (75KB)

VIEW SCREENSHOT

Załóż konto w serwisie PayPal i od razu zacznij przyjmować karty kredytowe.

The DRevitalize 1.1/1.2/2.1/2.2/2.3 reviews/awards

DRevitalize review published by editors at 3d2f.com
3d2f.com article

DRevitalize review published at www.pc-care.dk
pc-care.dk article

DRevitalize awarded 5 stars on 8844download.com