i know spinrite wont work on a ntfs disk like windows xp but can i boot into dos and then run it from there, if so how?
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i know spinrite wont work on a ntfs disk like windows xp but can i boot into dos and then run it from there, if so how?
No, working only with FAT file systems means you will have to find a different defrag program to deal with NTFS partitions. Booting pure DOS does not help, as DOS needs special third-party drivers to even see NTFS, and Spinrite works at a lower level than these drivers, so they can't enable it to work with NTFS.
The Spinrite FAQ addresses this and numerous other questions, including the 70G partition size limit:
http://ww.grc.com/srQ&A.htm
o ok thanx