>> Without a general idea of what needs to be fixed it is not a good idea to >> run any repair utility. If it is a hardware problem, the data on the disk >> could be fine now and could get scrambled by the repair utility. >> > >That happens not to be the case for SpinRite. Could be for other utilities.
And what makes SpinRite so specially blessed? Can you elaborate? I use a utility on Mac disks that rebuilds drive indexes in RAM, never writing anything to the disk until its work can be tested and approved. Does SpinRite work like that? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
