Contacted SpinRite support at lunchtime

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by bconnors

10/5/01 3:35:53 PM

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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