+5 -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Joe Tinney <jtin...@lastar.com> wrote: > > If the entire drive is encrypted how would SpinRite be able to correctly > > identify the filesystem type and update the appropriate entries when it > > moves data? > > SpinRite is not filesystem aware. All SpinRite does is read each > disk block into memory (retrying if needed), repeatedly write and read > test patterns to the disk block location, and then write the original > data back. > > SpinRite does nothing for you if the disk drive has a mechanical or > electronics fault, or if the drive is incapable of reading blocks from > the media. > > Frankly, I think SpinRite is rather overrated in this day of > intelligent disk electronics and freely-available utilities that do > similar things. I tried it on a laptop hard disk drive that was > giving media errors a few years ago, and it didn't even find anything > wrong. Even MS-DOS knew there was something wrong with the disk. > SpinRite may have been more useful back in the days of dumb disks and > OSes, but I think it's outlived its usefulness. > > To GRC's credit, they did refund my money when I complained. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
