I've got to agree with Russ. Why buy something to prop up a dying drive when a new drive costs no more than the temporary fix & you will still end up buying a new drive too? ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Blakeman To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: [CTS] Re: Spinrite Joe I wholeheartedly have to agree and despite the fact that I regularly replace drives and make a profit I am not making a profit from my viewpoinjt to this person - I just think it's dumb to try to fix something with software when the hardware is going to eventual crap.