SpinRite doesn't do anything with the filesystem. It works directly on the physical disk. The filesystem on the disk is irrelevant. ------- Original Message ------- From: George Toft To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: 12/21/06, 08:06:35 PM Subject: Re: Drive Recovery Software Does SpinRite work on NTFS? THe manual keeps referring to a DOS partition. (I'm getting ready for plan B as dd-rescue is almost done - yes it has been working over 3 weeks.) George Toft, CISSP, MSIS 623-203-1760 Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On 11/30/06, *Dazed_75* > wrote: > > I have used a program called Spinrite from Gibson Research for > years. Depending on exactly what the fault was, it may be able to > repair the problem. It can take a very long time to run on a bad > drive. I believe you can still download a full copy for a limited > time trial at http://www.grc.com if I remember correctly. That is > also the home of ShieldsUp someone mentioned recently. > > Hmmm, I just went to the site and it looks like version 5 may be > available for free but I did not find a trial thing for version 6. > BTW, version 6 is far from new. Steve has been promising an upgrade > to 6 for years but seems to have too many other projects to get it > done. I suspect that is because he is old like me. :) > > > > > > I just remembered a drive that Spinrite had a horrible time with. I > dd'd it to a new drive as someone mentioned and SpinRite was able to fix > something there also. It was not a total recovery, but it sure made it > easier to fix the Windoes on that drive. > > BTW, Spinrite runs on FreeDOS. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss