Posted by Rick on 11/05/05 14:45

Give this a try ... SpinRite6 by www.grc.com

Just read all about his philosophy behind the software he writes and you
will understand why this guy is the best.


"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Y0Xaf.5146$8W.3104@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> If your friend had a bad drive in his PC, say with failed sectors, how
> would
> he go about recovering it? In most cases you dont. If the drive has
> already failed, in most cases teh data is not retreivable by normal means.
> Now if its not really the drive, and the data is still intact, the drive
> is
> formatted in some form of Unix(Linux) etc....so if you think you can
> figureout how to access the drive, knock yourself out
> "Keith" <ks66@consolidated.net> wrote in message
> news:1131161831_2929@spool6-east.superfeed.net...
>> A friend of mine has a Panasonic stand alone DVD recorder. It has been
>> acting up so he took it to the shop. They say its the hardrive and it
> needs
>> replaced. Problem is they say there is no way to transfer his 150 hrs of
>> recordings from the old hardrive to the new hardrive. He even caled
>> Panasonic and they said the same thing.Surely there has to be a way. Any
>> help would be great. Thanks

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