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BipolarBill · May 30th, 2008, 06:10 AM

The spammer returns. I've only heard of "diskemergency" here - from this guy.

Yes - the drive must be connected via IDE, SATA or SCSI to work. USB and Firewire drives won't be detected by SpinRite. You have to boot from the SpinRite floppy or CD.

May 30th, 2008, 06:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
BipolarBill Ultimate Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jersey (Joisey) Posts: 2,054	The spammer returns. I've only heard of "diskemergency" here - from this guy. Yes - the drive must be connected via IDE, SATA or SCSI to work. USB and Firewire drives won't be detected by SpinRite. You have to boot from the SpinRite floppy or CD. __________________ MCSE, MCP, MVP and nut job