On Thursday 08 November 2007 15:38:40 Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 22:05, Robert Smits wrote:
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Go to www.grc.com and get Spinrite, a low level formatting, repair and maintenance utility. It works for any kind of file system, including Linux ones. I've used it to recover drives that were no longer readable.
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TiVo?? I know it's Linux inside, and I've been "concerned" what will happen when that drive (which is never idle) will give out, but I'm not sure I really want to know how bad it is. Mine's been running almost non-stop for almost 2 1/2 year now... Every time I see some bizarre anomalies in the video or audio stream, I have to wonder whether it's the TiVo drive or was corrupt data coming through the digital cable network.
By the way, $89 is a bit steep for a single-purpose utility, don't you think?
I guess it depends on what recovering your data is worth. I don't remember what I paid, but I think it was less, and I got a previous version, which was updated to 6 at no charge. I haven't had a drive fail since, but I do keep all my fingers crossed ;-) ;-) -- Bob Smits bob@rsmits.ca A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org