[pchelpers] Re: Spinrite
- From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Robert McLellan <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:58:19 -0500
Hi Robert,
Monday, June 7, 2004, 9:36:13 PM, you wrote:
RM> We used to use it a lot in the 486 and Pentium days with the smaller hdd's
RM> but haven't used it for a long time. As mentioned, it takes a long time,
RM> all night or longer on a 30 -40 gig drive. Maybe the brand new one is
RM> faster. Also don't seem to need them as much with the new drives either or
RM> with NTFS I am not sure which is the case. Also Hdd drive manufactures now
RM> have their own diagnostic programs for their drives. Anyway I mentioned to
RM> the other tech a month or so ago about getting an upgrade and he didn't
RM> think it would be worth it for us.
I used to use it also, and it was great for the older pre-IDE drives.
Modern drives have defect management built in as well as failure
prediction. So, I'm basically in agreement; there's little need for it
nowadays.
--Scott.
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