Ted Roche wrote:
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote:
Steve's main claim to fame, in my mind, is his program, SpinRite. It
would refresh a hard drive's format and often extend its life
considerably.
This was back in the MFM days. I do use some of his little security
patches, such as UnPnP, etc. He is a bit over-the-top sometimes and
I don't think the things he's most concerned about are as critical
as he thinks. I do trust his software (again, mainly from SpinRite).
I did
speak to him a couple (or more) years back and found him very
helpful. He seems to do his analysis thoroughly.
While drive technology has moved apace and things like SmartTools can
replace some of the functionality, SpinRite 6.0 on a bootable floppy
is still kept handy for analysis and disk repair. It's saved me a few
times.
Absolutely. I still use SpinRite several times a year. It has
successfully recovered most of the data from failing hard drives which
would have been otherwise lost. It's one of my indispensable tools.
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Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951
*** Technical Support Excellence for over a quarter century
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