2009/1/26 Stephen Rowles <stephen@???>
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>
> Well I've read the site, and I'm at work so it might be I missed it while
> doing a quick skim, but I cannot find any information about what Spinrite
> actually does. It is compared to chkdsk but no real explanation of how it
> manages to read failing disks, or what it does to fix the problems. Just
> lots and lots of marketing stuff and comments like "it performs miracles"
> which is backed up with lots of user comments. When working with something
> like a computer I'm rather wary of people that claim their software
> performs miracles... I would much rather see a technical explanation (or
> at least a summarised one if they are worried about disclosing enough info
> for people to copy it)
>
> I'm sure it has worked for you, but I really don't like the idea of paying
> for something which has no information about how / why it works for data
> recovery.
>
> Can anyone point me to something I missed on the site? or another review /
> article that explains why it is so good?
>
>
Try these pages:
http://www.grc.com/sroverview.htm
http://www.grc.com/sranalysis.htm
http://www.grc.com/srphysics.htm
For a review (admittedly this is linked from grc's own site):
http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/utilities/spinrite_v6.html
There's also a no-quibble 30 day money back guarantee.
