In a message dated 9/28/00 4:29:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< We had this same situation come up years ago (the HPIB "washing machine"
 drives on a Series 58), and what you describe is pretty much exactly what
 happened: the CE came out, used one of his utilities to copy the disk to
 tape, replaced the cartridge, and restored that disk. No idea what the
 utility was, or if there's an equivalent procedure for current hardware.
  >>

Yes, there is an equivalent utility for current hardware and operating system.
I had this problem about a year ago, although the disc was not in the system
volume set.  The CE was able to use the current utility (name escapes me
now) to copy the entire disc contents of the bad disc to the new one.

Cecile Chi