[mythtv-users] Dieing Hard Drive

[Ian Forde]

On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 21:24 -0800, Yan-Fa Li wrote:
> Nathan,
> 
> This tool costs money ($89), it's DOS based, but friends of mine have 
> recovered data from extremely screwed up drives:
> 
> http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
> 
> It's still cheaper than a data recovery service.  You'll have to judge 
> for yourself how important your data is.

Being that back in the 80's I was a DOS and Windows guy, I can tell you
that I used to *SWEAR* by Spinrite.  It is no joke, and ABSOLUTELY worth
it.

I wish I'd known they were still around.  I could have saved myself an
absolutely awful Tivo recovery a couple of years back. ;)

	-I