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September 2nd, 2003, 04:24 AM
#1
SpinRite 5.0???
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?
Windows XP Professional Version SP1
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Intel Desktop Board D845GBV
BIOS Version RG84510A.86A.0024.P13
533 MHz System Bus Speed
266 MHz System Memory Speed
512 MB DDR 2700 SDRAM
60 GB Maxtor 96147U8 Ultra-ATA/66 HDD @ 5400/RPM Primary IDE Master
Nvidia Riva TNT2/TNT2 Pro
Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-115 Secondary IDE Master
HP CD-R/RW 8x4x32 Secondary IDE Slave
Delta DC-770 Monitor
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September 2nd, 2003, 08:59 AM
#2
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
Last edited by Platypus; September 2nd, 2003 at 09:24 AM.
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September 2nd, 2003, 09:58 AM
#3
Windows XP Professional Version SP1
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Intel Desktop Board D845GBV
BIOS Version RG84510A.86A.0024.P13
533 MHz System Bus Speed
266 MHz System Memory Speed
512 MB DDR 2700 SDRAM
60 GB Maxtor 96147U8 Ultra-ATA/66 HDD @ 5400/RPM Primary IDE Master
Nvidia Riva TNT2/TNT2 Pro
Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-115 Secondary IDE Master
HP CD-R/RW 8x4x32 Secondary IDE Slave
Delta DC-770 Monitor
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