[dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing

I bought Spinrite many years ago, version 1 I think. And I upgraded at
least once, Probably in the 1990 time frame. Last year I had some
drive issues and I was able to do an Upgrade to the current version
even though it had been many years and several versions since my
purchase. I didn't have my license number. I had moved to a different
address. I had a different e-mail address. Yet I was recognized as a
previous customer and they honored me by giving me an upgrade price.
Spinrite isn't cheap but it does what it does better than anything
else.

GK

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Fred Hooper <fahooper at trapo.com> wrote:
> I doubt it -- with the possible exception of Stuart's freezing idea. Steve
> Gibson has been working for a long time to make the program everything that
> it should be. In his security podcast (where his "pay" is a reading of a
> SpinRite success story) he has mentioned many subtleties that indicate just
> how much thought and effort he has put into it. I've never seen a purely
> for-profit product with that kind of dedication.
>
> Again, good luck,
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing
>
> Is there anything a little less pricey?  Mind you if I have to pay USD89
> to rescue my priceless data (that I thought was put safely away), I
> will.  If I don't have to pay that much I 'd rather not.
> Thanks
> Tina
>
> Fred Hooper wrote:
>> I've used SpinRite for years both for fixing and preventing drive failure.
> I
>> know of no downside to using it.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Fred
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:09 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing
>>
>> I do not have it (although I keep meaning to get it), I have always heard
>> good things about SpinRite.
>> http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bobby
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
>> Fields
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:56 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been using a SimpleTech 120Gb USB external hard drive for my backup
>> storage.  It's also the one place I've been putting all my downloaded
>> files, and all my photos.  It started making little sounds reminiscent
>> of a floppy drive having trouble reading a diskette formatted on another
>> drive - you know, the bearings are worn just a little differently, so
>> the tracks don't line up perfectly when the disk is being accessed in
>> one machine, but there is no problem when it's being accessed in the
>> other machine.  The external drive started making that kind of sound -
>> having a little trouble reading.  I was thinking that I would replace
>> that hard drive soon, but it stopped reading before I got around to
>> replacing it.  Now any attempt to access it results in the message that
>> the drive is not formatted and would I like to format it now.  No, I
>> don't want to format it now - I want to copy all the backed up stuff I
>> have on it and put it all on the nice new 500Gb external hard drive I
>> have.
>>
>> What tools are out there that do what the Norton Utilities used to do
>> back in DOS days?  There used to be a good Norton Utility that let one
>> have access to a disk that DOS couldn't read - what's out there now that
>> I might use to recover the good stuff I put away on this drive for
>> safekeeping?
>>
>> I will appreciate any help at all on this.
>>
>> Tina
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