On 11/30/06, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> 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.  :)
>
> <snip>
>

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.