[ale] Extreme Practical Data Recovery (Part 2)

[Björn Gustafsson]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Robert Reese~ <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
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> There are actually some very good Windows apps, as well as at one that runs off a floppy made by programming wizard Steve Gibson called SpinRite 6.0.
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> Steve Gibson's program doesn't recover the data but it does "fix" the harddrive and IMHO finds data that others miss.  It seems expensive, but it really isn't.  <http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm>  FYI, he *hand-codes* all his programs in ASSEMBLY!  His skills are gobsmacking.  ;c)
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> Cheers,
> Robert Reese~

Wow, that product is still around!  I remember Spinrite 2 was
amazingly useful, both for recovery and for "maintenance" of aging
drives.  When I ran MS-DOS at work, I couldn't live without it.  One
use on a drive with critical data more than pays for itself.  I'm not
sure if it's the right tool for the original poster's intended task,
but it's a handy tool to have around!

-- 
Björn Gustafsson