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.
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