 H2OuUp2Happy to be herePremium
join:2002-03-15
Oklahoma City, OK
 ·Cox HSI
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Re: [Info] Spinrite 6 Questions BEFORE purchase Contact the author, you may need to download Spinrite 5.0 (it's free for 6.0 users).
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SpinRite can run on any PC compatible system with a 32-bit Intel or AMD processor and a color screen. The previous SpinRite v5.0 is available to v6.0 owners who need to run SpinRite on older 16-bit 8086/80286 systems and/or monochrome screens.
SpinRite is self-contained, including its own bootable FreeDOS operating system. It can be used on any operating system and any file system. This means it can run on drives formatted with Windows XP's NTFS and all other older FAT formats (in addition to all Linux, Novell, and all other file systems.) It can be used to pre-qualify and certify unformatted hard drives before their first use. Drives on non-PC platforms, such as Apple Macintosh or TiVo, may be temporarily relocated to a PC motherboard for data recovery, maintenance and repair by SpinRite.
SpinRite provides complete interaction with IDE-interface PATA (parallel ATA) and SATA (Serial ATA) drives, and it can also be used with any other type of drive — SCSI, USB, 1394/Firewire — that can be made visible to DOS through the addition of controller BIOS or add-on DOS drivers. To obtain the best performance, IDE drives can be temporarily removed from their external USB or Firewire cases and attached directly to the PC motherboard.
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
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Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | System is a 1.33ghz tbird with a ATI AIW 9800. its old but not that old. since i can get v5 for free(the cost of a cd blank) its worth a try. im desparate. but not to spend hundreds or thousands for a recovery company(its only my mp3 drive)
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H2OuUp2Happy to be herePremium
join:2002-03-15
Oklahoma City, OK | reply to H2OuUp2
Check this site out. I thought it was interesting.
»www.deadharddrive.com/
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dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Unfortunately my drive spins up but thats about it. after a few mails to spinrite tech support their conclusion was its a lost cause and suggested some data recovery companies. not worth the price just for mp3s. guess ill just chuck the drive.
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 timcuthBraves FanPremium
join:2000-09-18
Pelham, AL
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| Yes, if the BIOS can't see the drive, there's not much chance of any software seeing it, no matter how low-level the software is. 
Tim
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dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
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Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by timcuth:Yes, if the BIOS can't see the drive, there's not much chance of any software seeing it, no matter how low-level the software is. Tim Well how do these data recovery companies do it then. i assume it involves a cleanroom and removing the platters etc. . .
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timcuthBraves FanPremium
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Pelham, AL | Yes, I think that is exactly what they do - and why it costs so much.
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