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Re: Harddrive checking
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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:25:00 -0800
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On 31 Jan 2005 at 17:37, Harvey Rose wrote:

> Has anyone used "Spinrite" to check harddrives for errors. I have a dirve
> that I check with Windows 98 using Scandisk. Its gets into scanning it then
> hangs up. I turned off all other applications and it still hangs. I read
> that Spinrite can recover drives also. Can anyone tell me if it good or
> recommend other software.
>
> Harvey Rose
> [log in to unmask]

  It has been sometime since I needed to resort to it, but when I needed it
SpinRite seemed to do an excellent job.  It's from that fine fellow at
Gibson Research.

David Gillett

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