[real-eyes] Re: latest trick with spinrite
- From: blindbites <blindbites@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:58:48 -0500
Unless you are using jaws for dos, JFD, this won't work. Spinrite has to
be run from DOS, way before windows is even loaded. Spinrite has to have
control over the hard disk without much else running.
Steve
On 4/26/2012 8:51 PM, Glenn wrote:
> Seems to me that you can tell the screen color, at the point of the cursor,
> I think either Jaws cursor, or PC cursor with a jaws hotkey.
> Insert + 5 I think?
> Not the numpad five though.
> Glenn
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> From: "blindbites"<blindbites@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:54 AM
> Subject: [real-eyes] latest trick with spinrite
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>
> Hi,
> I've mentioned on here that I love this great hard disk recovery and
> maintenance program called spinrite from grc.com
>
> The program has to be run in dos, and unless you've got an external
> synthesizer and dos screen reader, it can be difficult to use, unless
> you have a few tricks up your sleeve.
>
> I now have a way to find out when spinrite is done with its process. I
> have read and know that when the process is done, the screen will turn
> green, its usually blue while it is doing maintenance or recovery
> operations.
>
> This is one of those things I didn't think of, until just like in a
> cartoon, that light bulb appeared above my head. I installed a color ID
> app on my phone and use it to detect what color the screen is.
> You have to try several places on the monitor, as with today's screens
> and running old dos based programs, the program doesn't use the full screen.
> So I check the color at several places, typically in the middle and when
> I find the same color in several different places, in this case, green,
> I know that the process is done and I can restart the computer without
> the external USB floppy drive plugged in.
>
> If I find blue in the same way, I know that things are still running.
> Just thought I'd share this discovery. BTW I have a list of keystrokes
> to start spinrite that I have saved on all of our computers for reference.
>
> Steve
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