I tried spinrite on a disk I had and it wouldn't read it. They were really good about a refund. I then went with Stellar Phoenix data recovery. It got pretty much everything back. I was impressed. Similar cost...
*********************** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:17 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: free data recovery? > > On 25 Sep 2009 at 11:01, James Kerr wrote: > > > So I have my sisters PC here and the partition cannot be > viewed and of > > course the PC will not boot, just DSODs right away. It looks like I > > will need some software to be able to recover whatever files I can > > from this drive. I used a software in the past and for the > life of me > > I can't remember what it was called but it was free and it > worked. Any recommondations? > > Try Spinrite, $89 from grc.com. Money-back guarantee if you > don't find it useful. I've had my copy since Spinrite II, > they're up to Spinrite 6 now. > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~