Also.... https://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
> On 19 August 2019 at 00:03 Paul Sorenson <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Knoppix has saved my bacon several times when Windows fails to recognize > a drive... > > https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html > > -p > > On 8/18/2019 4:24 PM, John wrote: > > ... or to quote William Bendix, "What a revolting development this is!" > > > > MY second hard-drive (Drive 'D:') just crashed with no warning. BIOS > > doesn't recognize it. Dead as a door-nail. > > > > I'm pretty sure the only thing I don't have a backup for is the spread > > sheet I use to record my blood sugar. My spread sheet for recording > > fuel & maintenance is also gone, but I can rebuild it from the book I > > keep in the car to write mileage down. > > > > I'm going to lose some songs I'd been learning to play. Hadn't gotten > > them to the point where I could finalize them and save them as PDF > > files (which I keep on a memory stick). And most of the computer games > > I play were on that drive, but they can be re-installed from Steam > > once I get the new drive installed ... > > > > ... but the computer store is closed on Sunday, so I can't get a > > replacement to fix the problem until tomorrow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.