Reply 20 of 27, by clueless1
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zyzzle wrote on 2022-12-20, 04:11:Jasin Natael wrote on 2022-12-16, 18:00:I would second SpinRite. It can be very useful for last ditch recovery, short of sending it to Drive Savers or somewhere similar […]
I would second SpinRite. It can be very useful for last ditch recovery, short of sending it to Drive Savers or somewhere similar.
However, if your drive is larger than say 250GB or so you will likely have issues getting it to work properly.
As far as I know Gibson still hasn't released a 6.1 update that is supposedly supposed to recify this issue.With all of that being said, if the data is critical then find a new media. Electro-mechanical drives don't last forever.
That ship has sailed. It's been almost *19 years* since that buggy version 6 was released. I suspect we'll be waiting 190 more years before the fabled, nirvana magical "release 6.1" or mythical "release 7" is released. This makes Spinrite totally useless on pretty much *any* modern drive now. Sad, as it was good software.
Wonder why Gibson Research chose to alienate its customer-base so severely? They're useless at this point.
If you listen to the Security Now podcast regularly, you'll get these answers. I'm not in a spot now where I can type long, but I can say that SR is in alpha and available to registered users who know how to get it. So finally, it is close to release. I agree it's been way too long, but he had his reasons.
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