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Post #11,813
by Ashton
10/4/01 4:31:53 PM
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New y'know - SpinRite was invented for precisely *this*
And I'd bet a bucket of warm spit / or a CD of WinXP (same thing): that most of those er 'bad clusters' would go away with its beaucoup massaging.. (yes it also rewrites the base format along the way, a cylinder at a time. Sometimes a missing domain on a lo-level marker - can confuse Any M$ kinda thing)

And.. ya don't *lose* your data, from MBR >>> on.
And.. oh, lots.

Just a thought.

Ashton
Post #11,908
by bconnors
10/5/01 10:20:33 AM
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New Is that program still available somewhere?
BConnors
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Post #11,909
by Steve Lowe
10/5/01 10:23:15 AM
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New Absolutely
[link|http://grc.com/spinrite.htm|http://grc.com/spinrite.htm]
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Steve
Post #11,979
by bconnors
10/5/01 3:35:53 PM
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New Contacted SpinRite support at lunchtime
And they emailed me this response:

"Because ScanDisk keeps freezing, most likely SpinRite will run into the same problem! SpinRite is not a "file structure re-builder". It will not find and recover data that's been lost due to a destroyed FAT or partition table."

So it sounds like, even if I rebuild the FAT from scratch, SpinRite can't help me recover any files.

BConnors
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     getting past Scandisk - (bconnors) - (24) - Oct. 4, 2001, 02:13:15 PM EDT
         You can but try - (Steven A S) - Oct. 4, 2001, 02:21:43 PM EDT
         Norton Utilities - (Silverlock) - Oct. 4, 2001, 02:40:10 PM EDT
         Boot to DOS - (ChrisR) - (6) - Oct. 4, 2001, 02:45:19 PM EDT
             I don't have the DOS version of Scandisk - (bconnors) - (5) - Oct. 5, 2001, 10:13:55 AM EDT
                 Formatted how? - (Silverlock) - (4) - Oct. 5, 2001, 02:01:48 PM EDT
                     FAT16 - (bconnors) - (3) - Oct. 5, 2001, 03:39:12 PM EDT
                         Doesn't matter - (Silverlock) - Oct. 5, 2001, 04:27:30 PM EDT
                         chkdsk - (static) - (1) - Oct. 6, 2001, 02:06:54 AM EDT
                             Heck, with FAT16 you could use any chkdsk . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 6, 2001, 12:20:03 PM EDT
         Hit 'X'? - (tseliot) - (3) - Oct. 4, 2001, 03:51:19 PM EDT
             Doesn't work - (bconnors) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2001, 10:19:10 AM EDT
                 Is it a USB keyboard? - (tseliot) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2001, 01:25:52 PM EDT
                     Re: Is it a USB keyboard? - (bconnors) - Oct. 5, 2001, 01:46:25 PM EDT
         y'know - SpinRite was invented for precisely *this* - (Ashton) - (3) - Oct. 4, 2001, 04:31:53 PM EDT
             Is that program still available somewhere? -NT - (bconnors) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2001, 10:20:33 AM EDT
                 Absolutely - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2001, 10:23:15 AM EDT
                     Contacted SpinRite support at lunchtime - (bconnors) - Oct. 5, 2001, 03:35:53 PM EDT
         Scandisk = bucket of warm spit -NT - (wharris2) - Oct. 4, 2001, 07:57:35 PM EDT
         I handled a rash of hard disks Windows couldn't see. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Oct. 4, 2001, 11:25:40 PM EDT
             Thanks! - added to doomsday folder.. - (Ashton) - Oct. 5, 2001, 06:10:49 PM EDT
         latest update - (bconnors) - (3) - Oct. 8, 2001, 04:51:06 PM EDT
             What OS sys'd the floppy? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Oct. 8, 2001, 05:52:35 PM EDT
                 Windoze 98 original version -NT - (bconnors) - (1) - Oct. 8, 2001, 08:55:22 PM EDT
                     I hate these misspells, isn't it Winblows? -NT - (wharris2) - Oct. 8, 2001, 10:19:44 PM EDT

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