Platform: Intel AL440LX motherboard, 333GHz CPU, 320MB 66MHz RAM My old PC is retired as a backup now, but I recently had to replace its HD,Īnd decided to compare SpinRite 6's performance with what I had previously "a drive of 4KB physical sectors masquerading as a. Milton in the grc.spinrite forum suggested that it could be an issue of Sectors, for some reason SpinRite just keeps going to completion without When I run SpinRite within a range to specifically target those bad MyĬloning software sees that these sectors are bad, but SpinRite does not. In the grc.spinrite forum, I posted a situation that I am having with aĢTB drive. I hear 6.1 will not have bios limitations.īad blocks that SpinRite 6.0 skips, maybe test case for 6.1 Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: Spinrite web site and couldn't find this explicitly stated anywhere (though
Owners of 6.0 be elligible for free upgrade to 6.1? I looked on the I hear 6.1 will not have bios limitations.
Serial resource most of the time - something that I am sure he is Will upgrade SR whenever it is updated, but I know there are a lot ofĭistractions (which I also follow with great interest). So I am a believer, but lazy often trumps good intentions etc. I have used SR to salvage what appeared to be completely hosed drives, I can see the rationale behind that, but I don't have theĭedication to put my drives on such a regular regimen.
Iīelieve Steve has even mentioned that modus operandi on one of his To force it to examine each sector and keep it on the 'up and up'. Of SR (on level 2 I think) simply exercise the drive controller enough There are many people (I'm not one of them) who claim that regular runs SR is ever becoming a "last resort only" solution when > arrives but I'm certainly placing ANY faith/data integrity etc. > I will most probably upgrade my SR license if and when a later version > diluted by good disk and backup management IMHO. SR has it's place but that place is very much > difficult to justify the "down time" while SR does it's thing. > With drives over 1TB now getting common SR runtime makes it increasingly > Troublesome/duff drive then gets trashed. > recovered from either the troublesome drive or the backup drive. > every drive we have had issues with a new drive is installed and data > Like all well managed / planned storage and backup regimes thus far > one odd one drive I did eventually get going it was only one drive in a
> I've never got DOS / USB drivers working.
> I would love native USB support as my wife's pro photo business is base > I often ask myself do I need Spinrite 6.x. I will most probably upgrade my SR license if and when a later versionĪrrives but I'm certainly placing ANY faith/data integrity etc. SR has it's place but that place is very muchĭiluted by good disk and backup management IMHO.
With drives over 1TB now getting common SR runtime makes it increasinglyĭifficult to justify the "down time" while SR does it's thing.ĭon't get me wrong. Troublesome/duff drive then gets trashed. Recovered from either the troublesome drive or the backup drive. Like all well managed / planned storage and backup regimes thus farĮvery drive we have had issues with a new drive is installed and data One odd one drive I did eventually get going it was only one drive in a I've never got DOS / USB drivers working. I would love native USB support as my wife's pro photo business is base I often ask myself do I need Spinrite 6.x. > really do with Spinrite 6.1 that will handle SATA drives please? Steve if we could tear you away from your PDP8 for a moment we could