<div dir="ltr">Thanks Andy but I'm just going to nuke the PC and reinstall.<div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Dougie</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 December 2013 07:38, Andrew Glass <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrewglass3@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrewglass3@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Did you want a copy of spinrite?<div><br></div><div>I have it on my server if you would like a copy?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Andy</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2 December 2013 20:34, Dougie Nisbet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dougie@highmoor.co.uk" target="_blank">dougie@highmoor.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div>On 02/12/13 19:39, Richard Mortimer wrote:<br>
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It isn't clear just how "valuable" the data is on the existing drive. You did mention a re-install so maybe you'd live with losing it. But just in case it has something that you care about I hear a lot of good things about SpinRite, <a href="https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" target="_blank">https://www.grc.com/sr/<u></u>spinrite.htm</a> <br>


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In this particular case, the answer is 'not very'. But I'm interested in running with the clone/copy idea and using this machine a little like a test bed so that if it happens again in future I have some idea about how to go about things. I could certainly just do a re-install but I'm going to run with the clone idea so that I'm familiar with the process and options if and when a similar situation arises in future.<span><font color="#888888"><br>


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Dougie</font></span><div><div><br>
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