<p>Thanks. I've had a paid copy of Spinrite for several years now. It's a great tool for data recovery.</p><p> </p><p>My problem with it for testing drives is that I can't figure out how to coax it into giving me a definitive "go/no-go" answer on whether a drive is good. It will spit out lots of data about raw error rates and such, but I didn't want to know how to build a watch...</p><p> </p><p>Am I missing something obvious?</p><p> </p><p>Good article, BTW.</p><p> </p><p>Michael</p><p> </p><p>(Sorry for top posting. Web 2.0 evidently isn't Burger King - you don't get to have it your way, you get it our way, whether or not it actually works and whether or not it works like you want it to; we know what's best for you and you will learn to love it.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On Dec 7, 2007, <strong>metapsych@earthlink.net</strong> wrote: </p><div class="replyBody"><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.8ex; border-left: #267fdb 2px solid">Michael Hipp wrote:<br /><br />> Thanks, Lonni. That looks like what I'm after, didn't know about it. <br />> And it's already installed as part of e2fsprogs.<br />><br />> <br />><br />> (Sorry if this comes thru as HTML or in some other horrid thing. I'm <br />> temporarily forced to use my provider's webmail client and <br />> it's testament to the raw power and sophistication of Ajax and Web 2.0 <br />> - which is a way of saying that it's completely dysfunctional and <br />> utterly useless for anything other than the most trival tasks.)<br />><br />> <br />><br />> Michael<br />><br />Spinrite 6.0<br /><br />Here is the review I wrote for Linux Journal:<br />http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7684<br /><br /></blockquote></div>