Thanks for your comments on Spinrite Wayne - and all the others who posted a
response.  Re the price of the Spinrite software, a common problem for us
here in New Zealand is that our dollar usually only buys US40c (although
it's currently ramping up) and that makes $89 turn into $222.50.  And that's
way, way, way too much!

Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Copeland" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Bad Sectors on HD


> Spinrite works on FAT and FAT32 partitions only.  It is a DOS
> program.  It tests each sector of the hard disk and does a fairly
> good job of recovering data.  It cannot recover all data (not even
> On-Track can) and cannot repair real bad sectors, but it has saved
> me a couple of times.  It does a good job of testing the drive and
> if it passes all it's tests it will mark a "bad" sector good.  As
> far as I know there is not a deme version.  While $89 may seem like
> a lot (and to me it is for software) I have had version 1.0, 2.0,
> 3.0 & 5.0 of the program and liked them all.
> - Wayne Copeland

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