Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
Hi, I have used Spinrite before, but not with a screen reader, since I have some remaining vision. The program is run from a bootable CD or flash drive, and is based on Free DOS, and has no support for sound cards, network devices, or anything else besides keyboards, basic VGA graphics support, and of course hard drives. However, if you happen to have an old hardware speech synthesizer, and a DOS screen reader, and are aware of a method to get them working under a DOS like environment, you may have some luck. As far as I am aware, Steve does have plans to get Spinrite updated for the 21st century, but he is currently working on getting his SQRL log in system completed, documented, and ready for adoption. On 10/22/2015 3:28 PM, Troy Hergert wrote:
Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
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Is it to recover files from corrupted HDD or to just check for errors? I've used other open source tool to recover files from corrupted partition with great success. The program is called Testdisk. It's a Linux utility, but they have a package for windows. Works quite well with jaws and I believe I have had to use jaws curser to navigate in DOS like menu. Anatoliy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:29 PM To: Blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4450/10871 - Release Date: 10/22/15
Mr. Gibson is pretty adamant that SpinRite should not be run w/any memory resident software, which includes screenreaders. On 10/22/15, Anatoliy Shudrya <anatoliyshudrya@hotmail.com> wrote:
Is it to recover files from corrupted HDD or to just check for errors?
I've used other open source tool to recover files from corrupted partition with great success.
The program is called Testdisk. It's a Linux utility, but they have a package for windows.
Works quite well with jaws and I believe I have had to use jaws curser to navigate in DOS like menu.
Anatoliy
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:29 PM To: Blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility
Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
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Mr. Gibson is pretty adamant that SpinRite should not be run w/any memory resident software, which includes screenreaders. On 10/22/15, Anatoliy Shudrya <anatoliyshudrya@hotmail.com> wrote:
Is it to recover files from corrupted HDD or to just check for errors?
I've used other open source tool to recover files from corrupted partition with great success.
The program is called Testdisk. It's a Linux utility, but they have a package for windows.
Works quite well with jaws and I believe I have had to use jaws curser to navigate in DOS like menu.
Anatoliy
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:29 PM To: Blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility
Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
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Thanks for the responses. I'm mainly interested in it for checking and fixing disk errors. Testdisk sounds like I would like to look into that. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Anatoliy Shudrya Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 5:19 PM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Is it to recover files from corrupted HDD or to just check for errors? I've used other open source tool to recover files from corrupted partition with great success. The program is called Testdisk. It's a Linux utility, but they have a package for windows. Works quite well with jaws and I believe I have had to use jaws curser to navigate in DOS like menu. Anatoliy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:29 PM To: Blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4450/10871 - Release Date: 10/22/15 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Thanks for the responses. I'm mainly interested in it for checking and fixing disk errors. Testdisk sounds like I would like to look into that. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Anatoliy Shudrya Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 5:19 PM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Is it to recover files from corrupted HDD or to just check for errors? I've used other open source tool to recover files from corrupted partition with great success. The program is called Testdisk. It's a Linux utility, but they have a package for windows. Works quite well with jaws and I believe I have had to use jaws curser to navigate in DOS like menu. Anatoliy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:29 PM To: Blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4450/10871 - Release Date: 10/22/15 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
To my current knowledge, it requires you to be booted into an environment outside of the system, so ultimately, the only way it'd possibly work is via a WinPE environment with speech in it, though not even that if it's its own environment. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 4:29 PM To: Blind system administrators Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Hi, Obligatory rant about how you *really* shouldn't use Spinrite on drives with errors; much better to grab an image with something like Ddrescue and then perform data recovery on the image with something like Testdisk. Cheers, Ben. On 10/23/15, Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@gordon.edu> wrote:
To my current knowledge, it requires you to be booted into an environment outside of the system, so ultimately, the only way it'd possibly work is via a WinPE environment with speech in it, though not even that if it's its own environment.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 4:29 PM To: Blind system administrators Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility
Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
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Hi, Obligatory rant about how you *really* shouldn't use Spinrite on drives with errors; much better to grab an image with something like Ddrescue and then perform data recovery on the image with something like Testdisk. Cheers, Ben. On 10/23/15, Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@gordon.edu> wrote:
To my current knowledge, it requires you to be booted into an environment outside of the system, so ultimately, the only way it'd possibly work is via a WinPE environment with speech in it, though not even that if it's its own environment.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 4:29 PM To: Blind system administrators Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility
Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user.
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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To my current knowledge, it requires you to be booted into an environment outside of the system, so ultimately, the only way it'd possibly work is via a WinPE environment with speech in it, though not even that if it's its own environment. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Troy Hergert Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 4:29 PM To: Blind system administrators Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Spinrite drive utility Has anyone utilized the Spinrite drive check and repair utility? I heard about it from a Security Now podcast and wondered if it has been used by a screen reader user. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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Anatoliy Shudrya -
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Jackie McBride -
Katherine Moss -
Laughingthunder -
Troy Hergert