On Thursday 08 November 2007 15:38:40 Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 November 2007 22:05, Robert Smits wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > Go to www.grc.com and get Spinrite, a low level formatting, repair
> > and maintenance utility. It works for any kind of file system,
> > including Linux ones. I've used it to recover drives that were no
> > longer readable.

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> SpinRite 6.0 is NTFS, LINUX & TIVO Compatible!
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>
> TiVo?? I know it's Linux inside, and I've been "concerned" what will
> happen when that drive (which is never idle) will give out, but I'm not
> sure I really want to know how bad it is. Mine's been running almost
> non-stop for almost 2 1/2 year now... Every time I see some bizarre
> anomalies in the video or audio stream, I have to wonder whether it's
> the TiVo drive or was corrupt data coming through the digital cable
> network.
>
> By the way, $89 is a bit steep for a single-purpose utility, don't you
> think?

I guess it depends on what recovering your data is worth. I don't remember 
what I paid, but I think it was less, and I got a previous version, which was 
updated to 6 at no charge.

I haven't had a drive fail since, but I do keep all my fingers crossed ;-) ;-)

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