Old/Free Version of Spinrite?

M

me

Does anyone know if there are older, free versions of Spinrite around.
Got a disc I'd like to try it on, but the pay version costs almost as
much as a new hard drive!
 
S

Steven Burn

Does anyone know if there are older, free versions of Spinrite around.
Got a disc I'd like to try it on, but the pay version costs almost as
much as a new hard drive!
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There's never been a free version of Spinrite ;o)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
D

Doc

Does anyone know if there are older, free versions of Spinrite around.
Got a disc I'd like to try it on, but the pay version costs almost as
much as a new hard drive!
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If the 'cost' of a new hard drive is the only value you attach to Spinrite
and is all you stand to lose .............. go buy a new hard drive.
 
C

Chris Lee

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If the 'cost' of a new hard drive is the only value you attach to
Spinrite
and is all you stand to lose .............. go buy a new hard drive.
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I'll say don't even *BOTHER* with software like Spinrite. If you've got a
drive that's acting screwy, and the sofware from the maker of the drive won't
fix things,software like Spinrite is nothing but a temporary fix if that.


You're going to totally lose the drive sooner or later. In other words, it's
days are numbered.
 
D

Doc

I'll say don't even *BOTHER* with software like Spinrite. If you've
got a drive that's acting screwy, and the sofware from the maker of
the drive won't fix things,software like Spinrite is nothing but a
temporary fix if that.
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If you have valuable data that you NEED to recover off of a failing
drive, then SpinRite is *the best*.
You're going to totally lose the drive sooner or later. In other
words, it's days are numbered.
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Agree totally.
 
T

Tom

If you have valuable data that you NEED to recover off of a failing
drive, then SpinRite is *the best*.


Agree totally.
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I noticed v5 is posted in alt.binaries.misc

Tom
 

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