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[Dan Jenkins]

Ted Roche wrote:

> 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.

Absolutely. I still use SpinRite several times a year. It has 
successfully recovered most of the data from failing hard drives which 
would have been otherwise lost. It's one of my indispensable tools.

-- 
Dan Jenkins (dan at rastech.com)
Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951
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