salvaging a dying hard disk

[Steve Flynn]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Curt <ctres at grics.net> wrote:

> **
> On 07/27/2011 11:04 AM, Doug wrote:
>
> There are some utilities that run on Windows.  I don't remember their
> names.  One of my office mates (when I was still working--
> that's about 10 years ago--found one that he swore that "If the disk turns,
> it will read it."  And it did. Don't know if you
> have Windows, or if the program will read anything but NTFS, but that's
> where I would look first.  --doug
>
> --
> Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley
>
>  I do have Windows on my laptop - if all else fails I'll look into that.
> Thanks for the tip!
>


SpinRite is probably what they are talking about. Commerical software from
Steve Gibson. It's widely available for download if you know where to look

-- 
Steve

When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people
suffer from a delusion it is called religion.
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