YourMainParadox wrote:
I found a program which will read the drive and not stop. Spinrite6 is reading it but after 7 hours it has only gotten through .26% and it says 200hours remaining..... really?
This program is a disaster for data recovery. After 7 hours you can bet that it has stressed many sectors that would have been otherwise readable. This program is meant for drives with a small number of weak sectors. Ban it from your toolbox! It's understandable that people want to do as much as possible to recover their data before sending it to a professional, but, ironically, they frequently make a successful recovery more difficult- and more expensive- than had they done nothing.