A method for correcting a formatting error in a boot sector of a hard disk
drive is disclosed. An error in a first formatting of a first hard disk
drive is discovered, and a second formatting is extracted from a second
hard disk drive storing second data. The erroneous first formatting is
replaced with a modification of the second formatting, and first data is
stored in the first hard disk drive with the modification of the second
formatting. The first data is different from the second data.