Well, I don't know what it claims, but cleaning up partition tables is standard work, as is checking for badblocks and marking them off limits, etc. Part of the default LInux boot process insures that partition tables do not contain errant file pointers. david poehlman writes: > Yeah, O don't think these folks doing this are even concerned about > accessibility. When I heard about what the new spin write could do, I was > kind of dubious taht one program would run in any os like it seemed to claim > to do. > > Johnnie Apple Seed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:29 PM > Subject: Re: Running Spinrite from Linux? > > > Well, fine. But then they're stuck with the accessibility of that > particular OS and that particular app. As for me, I'll stick to the > highly accessible tools on this OS. They're both accessible and > excellent for the purpose. > > david poehlman writes: > > I fail to see the point as well. I have not read the documentation though > > but I suspect it's for someone who runs windows as the main os and wants > > to > > take care of the other file systems from it. > > > > Johnnie Apple Seed > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:59 PM > > Subject: Re: Running Spinrite from Linux? > > > > > > OK, but why would we want to do that? This is a Linux list, not a > > Windows list. Why would we be interested in Windows executables? > > > > I fail to see the point. If there's some data recovery required on some > > drive there are Linux tools for the job that work very well, thank you > > very much. And, they're a lot cheaper. > > > > david poehlman writes: > > > For more info about spin write, go to: > > > http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Chair > > Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > > janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list