Spinrite For Mac
Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Environment - Win2K, Dell P4, Drive 0 = 40Gb, Drive 1 = 160GB, NTFS Situation - chkdsk indicated index problems which it fixed, but I want to ensure that there aren't other problems in the offing When I run Spinrite, it 'sees' the drives, but in the entry for the 160GB drive it warns that the Bios setting (Auto) does not map to the actual layout of the drive.I cannot run any analysis or repair routines Any ideas on how I can proceed? I've already flashed the Bios to the latest level available from the Dell website. TIA calvinb. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage You are much better off using chkdsk to check file systems, and the drive's diagnostics and SMART to check hardware.
I doubt spinrite matches either of them. 'calvinb' wrote in message news.200@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com. Environment - Win2K, Dell P4, Drive 0 = 40Gb, Drive 1 = 160GB, NTFS Situation - chkdsk indicated index problems which it fixed, but I want to ensure that there aren't other problems in the offing When I run Spinrite, it 'sees' the drives, but in the entry for the 160GB drive it warns that the Bios setting (Auto) does not map to the actual layout of the drive.I cannot run any analysis or repair routines. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage 'calvinb' wrote in message news.960@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com Thanks for your posts.all of you.
The penny started to drop with me. Spinrite runs under Free-Dos, so it must be subjected to the limitations of what the OS can address in terms of disk capacity Y/N? It can use bios calls direct. If so, does anyone know what those limits might be?
Doesn't likely apply. I'm a Mac convert (back 5 years) so i never got into the 'guts' of DOS I'm afraid.
You could run Findpart to check whether there is a geometry mismatch between the bios geometry translation and the a geometry parameters used with the partition tables. TIA calvinb. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage calvinb wrote Environment - Win2K, Dell P4, Drive 0 = 40Gb, Drive 1 = 160GB, NTFS Situation - chkdsk indicated index problems which it fixed, but I want to ensure that there aren't other problems in the offing When I run Spinrite, it 'sees' the drives, but in the entry for the 160GB drive it warns that the Bios setting (Auto) does not map to the actual layout of the drive.I cannot run any analysis or repair routines Any ideas on how I can proceed? Presumably there is some problem with 48 bit LBA support somewhere, since that drive is over 128G.
Check that you do have Win2K 48 bit LBA support installed and enabled. If the problem is still seen with that fine, put the boot into Gibson. I've already flashed the Bios to the latest level available from the Dell website. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage 'Rod Speed' wrote in message news:3la1irF11gh0eU1@individual.net calvinb wrote Environment - Win2K, Dell P4, Drive 0 = 40Gb, Drive 1 = 160GB, NTFS Situation - chkdsk indicated index problems which it fixed, but I want to ensure that there aren't other problems in the offing When I run Spinrite, it 'sees' the drives, but in the entry for the 160GB drive it warns that the Bios setting (Auto) does not map to the actual layout of the drive.
Presumably that's the 'partition layout of the drive'. I cannot run any analysis or repair routines Any ideas on how I can proceed? Presumably there is some problem with 48 bit LBA support somewhere, since that drive is over 128G. Check that you do have Win2K 48 bit LBA support installed and enabled.
What good will that do to DOS, Clueless? SpinRite doesn't run under Windows. If the problem is still seen with that fine, put the boot into Gibson. Utterly clueless.
I've already flashed the Bios to the latest level available from the Dell website. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage 'Joep' wrote in message news:d4a53$42efdd76$3eddca68$13351@nf1.news-service.com 'Rod Speed' wrote in message news:3la4a5F11da6qU1@individual.net. Demand an answer from Gibson. There isnt anything obvious on a quick browse of the web site on that.
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'Spinrite is so easy to use that it doesn't need documentation' - according to many of the SR newsgroup folks. The website nor the old documenation (SR5 and down) shed a lot o' light on SR 6 operation, results and problems. What problems.
Steve Gibson is GOD and GOD is perfect. Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Calvinb I've used Spinrite 6 to test drives on receipt before release to users. Works fine with 200+ GB drives. Takes about 11 1/2 hours to do a deep Level 4 test on a 200GB Seagate ST320022A ATA drive. I've seen drive geometry mismatches before, but can't recall any from Spinrite. But it is a problematic piece of software - just check Steve's newsfeeds/newsgroups: news.grc.com, grc.spinrite and grc.spinrite.dev. If you really want to pursue this, post your questions there.
I wouldn't bother, however. You should offload all your data to another drive and reformat and repartition the drive. Then get a clean bill of health from Spinrite (or Disk Manager or whatever) and then reload. Everything else is a waste of time, unless you want to examine and identify exactly what has happened. Roy Zider.