Spinrite 6 circa 2004 still current
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From: Greegor on 26 Jun 2010 11:20 Robert Baer > No wonder why i never heard of an update to 6.0 .. I suspect the Microsoft rumor was false. I think the one I used was Spinrite 1, possibly 2. Very early on with IDE drives, trying to do a LLF outside of the factory was a disaster. It really looks like they eventually overcame that trouble and progressed to the present day. 6.0 was presented in 2004 but is current in 2010. http://www.grc.com/default.htm To download two videos on it: http://media.grc.com/sr6_video_clips.zip V 5.0 documentation - brochure, owner's guide and "What's under the hood" http://www.grc.com/srdocs.htm It's worth the 89 bucks for people fixing systems or people with really important stuff on their hard disks. I'm probably going to have to spring for it. I wonder what they would do for the next version.
From: Robert Baer on 27 Jun 2010 04:24 Greegor wrote: > Robert Baer > No wonder why i never heard of an update to 6.0 .. > > I suspect the Microsoft rumor was false. > > I think the one I used was Spinrite 1, possibly 2. > Very early on with IDE drives, trying to do a LLF > outside of the factory was a disaster. > > It really looks like they eventually overcame > that trouble and progressed to the present day. > 6.0 was presented in 2004 but is current in 2010. > > http://www.grc.com/default.htm > > To download two videos on it: > > http://media.grc.com/sr6_video_clips.zip > > V 5.0 documentation - brochure, owner's guide and "What's under the > hood" > > http://www.grc.com/srdocs.htm > > It's worth the 89 bucks for people fixing systems or > people with really important stuff on their hard disks. > I'm probably going to have to spring for it. > > I wonder what they would do for the next version. As far as i am concerned, Spinrite is worth its weight in gold- even for a casual user.
From: Grant on 27 Jun 2010 05:36
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:24:33 -0700, Robert Baer <robertbaer(a)localnet.com> wrote: >Greegor wrote: >> Robert Baer > No wonder why i never heard of an update to 6.0 .. >> >> I suspect the Microsoft rumor was false. >> >> I think the one I used was Spinrite 1, possibly 2. >> Very early on with IDE drives, trying to do a LLF >> outside of the factory was a disaster. >> >> It really looks like they eventually overcame >> that trouble and progressed to the present day. >> 6.0 was presented in 2004 but is current in 2010. >> >> http://www.grc.com/default.htm >> >> To download two videos on it: >> >> http://media.grc.com/sr6_video_clips.zip >> >> V 5.0 documentation - brochure, owner's guide and "What's under the >> hood" >> >> http://www.grc.com/srdocs.htm >> >> It's worth the 89 bucks for people fixing systems or >> people with really important stuff on their hard disks. >> I'm probably going to have to spring for it. >> >> I wonder what they would do for the next version. > As far as i am concerned, Spinrite is worth its weight in gold- even >for a casual user. Spinrite is rubbish on modern drives. Does nothing useful other than line the promoter's pockets. Only for windoze weenies :) Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/ |