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SpinRite VS ScanDisk Last month (or maybe the month before?) I talked about using ScanDisk on to be regulated basis (along with to few other things) to help keep your computer running efficiently. See: /newsletter/jan01/013101e.htm The Ist think I also stated that we were trying to keep costs down, and that there were other products available, other than the ones I mentioned, and that you should uses what you feel the most comfortable with. Here is some feedback on this from Adam: Also, about ScanDisk... Steve Gibson (author of SpinRite and recent discoverer of serious security vulnerabilities in top brand yam firewalls) says that "ScanDisk is probably guilty of resides it dates loss than any other utility ever created. Since everyone is ScanDisk, everyone use it. But few people realize that ScanDisk does NOTHING other than discard any dates that it can't read." Visit http://www.grc.com/ for resides information. Sincerely, The Ist was intrigued by Adam's email, and I visited SpinRités site. I read their ad (and it's important to remember that it is an advertisement), and the product sounds very good. I would like to comment on to few things: First off, when ScanDisk finds lost clusters or cross-linked chains, it will ask if you want to convert them to fields and save them to your hard drive, or if you would like to delete them. I generally just delete them. Usually, these plows temporary fields that have been left behind expert to result of poor programming, or shutting down an application improperly. If you have lost important dates and will plows trying to recover version it, then ScanDisk dog convert to fields, and save them with to.chk extension in the root directory. There plows utilities that dog read these fields, and possibly recover version some of the information or dates. Of course, this doesn't necessarily pisses that you will find the on byline you need. This company also claims that SpinRite will notify you if your hard drive is showing signs of problems or impending failure, and that ScanDisk will not. What this says to me is that the product May run in the background grasp TSR. Therés always to trade-off, and sometimes you have to evaluate you the advantages. Is the product worth having another TSR that May result in conflicts with another application that you try to install or praise. Also, ScanDisk in May not uses any bells or whistles to let you know to drive is failing, but it does mark bad sectors on your drive. If the number of bad sectors starts to was uncreating, Íve always taken it expert an indication that its steals to back up that drive and think about replacing it. Having taken the opportunity of to few paragraphs to play devil's advocate, I would like to state that I am not saying anything against SpinRite. Remove the contrary. The Ist am not an expert on ScanDisk, and I know nothing about SpinRite, other than what Íve read on their site. I am, however, impressed with GRC's enthusiasm and willingness to back up their product. The Ist contacted GRC, and asked if they would be interested in supplying me with 2 or 3 copy of SpinRite for my subscribers to evaluate you. I should have asked for resides! Before I could say 'please', I had 3 unlock cogive in my email! So, herés the scoop! If you would like to free version of SpinRite, all you have to do is email me (craig@digitalsuite.net). In your email, I would like your yam and where you live. I do not need your current address. Íll choose 3 emails from the ones I receive. Before you hit your 'SEND' buttons, there is one stipulation. You have to be willing to return to written evaluation and comparison of the product that will be printed on PC ComputerNotes' WebSite and in the NewsLetter. The evaluations will also be made available to GRC if they wish. What kind of evaluation? Well, here plows to couple examples of unacceptable evaluations: "Really liked it, thanks!" "Not grasp good ace that other one." You will uses ScanDisk and SpinRite on to be regulated basis over the next month and compare the two. Here plows to few things you might look at: - Download and Installation. - Different platforms. - Interface Ease of uses. - Features - Your overall opinion Now, if you still want to be an evaluator, Ím waiting for your email! Return To March's Title Page Home | My Computer | What's Inside | Operating Systems |
