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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=280515717-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have upgraded to the latest Spinrite and did manage to
recover files of a 2002 dead Linux drive which my server used to reside on
before it went bang as a result of a storm and me being silly enough to put the
machine in with no surge protector!!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=280515717-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have since used it and charged for data recovery (mainly
from floppy disks), but wouldn't want to be without it now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=280515717-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am sure there are others locally who will have
copies.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=280515717-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Andrew.</FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> herefordshire-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>EdwardFW@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> 25 February 2005 15:15<BR><B>To:</B>
herefordshire@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Herefordshire] Re:
SpinRite<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Julian<BR><BR>Re
Spinrite, I don’t know of an alternative. <BR>Four licences for a small firm is
excessive<BR>Some time ago I did the decent thing and bought a licence for our
business and one for myself (for the old version) since we have two (and a half)
sites. <BR>When I get further into Linux I may upgrade my copy if I do I’ll let
you know.<BR>Does your firm know other small local IT firms that use Linux such
that you could join together and share the burden for one company to get the
licences. This firm could then kindly test drives for the rest of you.<BR>Or
could one of you at Q-par Angus buy a copy of SpinRite for personal use and buy
suspect drives from your firm then sell them back fixed?<BR>An alternative would
be to spend a little on extra hard drives and RAID etc. mirroring / back-up for
important boxes.<BR><BR>Regards, Edward</FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML>