Hamachi

Ted Roche tedroche at tedroche.com
Thu Dec 22 19:32:01 EST 2005


On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote:

> Steve's main claim to fame, in my mind, is his program, SpinRite.  
> It would refresh a hard drive's format and often extend its life  
> considerably.
> This was back in the MFM days. I do use some of his little security  
> patches, such as UnPnP, etc. He is a bit over-the-top sometimes and
> I don't think the things he's most concerned about are as critical  
> as he thinks. I do trust his software (again, mainly from  
> SpinRite). I did
> speak to him a couple (or more) years back and found him very  
> helpful. He seems to do his analysis thoroughly.

While drive technology has moved apace and things like SmartTools can  
replace some of the functionality, SpinRite 6.0 on a bootable floppy  
is still kept handy for analysis and disk repair. It's saved me a few  
times.

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com







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