[access-uk] Re: Require help with a failed hard drive

  • From: austin pinto <austinpinto.xaviers@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:56:52 +0530

hi all i purchased spinrite but i dont know if i downloaded the write
file i got a file named spinrite.iso in that there is only 1 file
called spinrite.exe can i boot from this file?

On 4/3/12, Barry Toner <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tris,
>
> Steve Gibson told me that you can most likely run JAWS for DOS in the SR
> environment.  I've also heard of others who have ran HAL for DOS with it.
>
> Regards,
> Barry.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sent: 03 April 2012 16:39
> To: 'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Require help with a failed hard drive
>
> Spinrite is file system, operating system agnostic.  All it requires is a
> drive connected via internal bus.  It is working well below the level of O/S
> so it is used as a boot CD or USB media  so not accessible with speech but
> makes sounds and you can pick options by numbers at some stages.  Details at
> www.grc.com.
>
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Technical Support
> Sight and Sound Technology
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> austin pinto
> Sent: 03 April 2012 16:34
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Require help with a failed hard drive
>
> hi but is this utility work on a primerry drive that doesnt have windows on
> it?
>
> On 4/3/12, Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> The point though is if the drive has bad sectors putting it in a caddy or
>> USB isn't really going to help you get Windows on it any better.  If there
>> are bad sectors the most a drive can do is map those out of the usable
>> range
>> by swapping out with a few spares it has.  The best technique for that is
>> a
>> utility called Spinrite and running that which is not free but used by
>> some
>> computer specialists.  For that to work its magic you must be using an
>> internal bus rather than USB.  Even then one might be a little wary of it
>> depending on its age.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tristram Llewellyn
>> Technical Support
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Spring Flower
>> Sent: 03 April 2012 15:00
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; accessindia; Voice Vision.
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Require help with a failed hard drive
>>
>> i'm no expert but woulsn't taking the hard drive out, putting it in a
>> caddy
>> and then connecting it via a usb cable work?
>>
>> trace
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "austin pinto" <austinpinto.xaviers@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "access uk" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "accessindia"
>> <accessindia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Voice Vision." <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:41 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Require help with a failed hard drive
>>
>>
>>> hi all my pc hard drive has bad secters that is preventing me to
>>> install windows on it so is there any way by which i can connect the
>>> hard drive to my netbook via usb externaly then i can scann the drive
>>>
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