I worked in the computer field from 1992 and got out in 2012. Mainly doing tech support windows based. I have been using SpinRite since V1 I think. Tonight I just happened to need to use it again on a Dell 8300. This evening I went to good old grc,.com and discovered that there was a v 6.1 found my serial number from V5 on a CD and input and downloaded sr61.exe created a bootable CD and stuck it in the 8300 and it has been loading for 15 or 20 minutes. This hang, I suppose that is what it was, persisted until I powered the machine off. The bootable CD that I created is entitled SPINRITE_V6_ BOOT and shows one file on it SPINRITE,EXE it is 258 KB (254,624 bytes). I presume that it is a functional boot CD since I have never had a problem with any product from Steve and/or Gibson research. Z=Same thing I suppose. Certainly my old CD of SpinRite 6 that I used subsequently has performed flawlessly for years.
I tried to use my bootable CD of SpinRite 6 on the same computer and got a DOS screen (by DOS screen I mean Black background White text) saying "FreeDOS kernel version 1.1`.32a (Build 2032a) {Sept 24 2003 231:58:48 Kernel Compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - Fat32 support" Then it gives me the (C) Copyright 1995-2003 Paasquale J. Villani and the FREEDOS Project. All Rights Reserved blah bidyblahblah GNU General Public License AND THEN IT DISPLAYS InitDiskDrive is too large to handle, using only first 8 GB drive 82 heads 16 sectors 63 , total=0x5d550a3b0-000000001 The text "Drive is too large to handle..." is repeated down the screen about 7 times and then there is a flashing hyphen. I now realize that this is a normal error response for 6 trying to initiate a 3 or 4 terabyte drive. This is way beyond my capabilities to solve I am asking for assistance. I know that it is not in full release but this was an unexpected response. I have a 4TB drive and a 3TB drive on this system with Linux and Windows 7 and 10 that I have used for at least 7 years. I use this computer as a VPN machine when I need a VPN or I need to use it for Handbrake on Videos. Which is possibly why it has lasted for so long I guess. Anyway I am stuck. Any help is appreciated.
I tried to use my bootable CD of SpinRite 6 on the same computer and got a DOS screen (by DOS screen I mean Black background White text) saying "FreeDOS kernel version 1.1`.32a (Build 2032a) {Sept 24 2003 231:58:48 Kernel Compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - Fat32 support" Then it gives me the (C) Copyright 1995-2003 Paasquale J. Villani and the FREEDOS Project. All Rights Reserved blah bidyblahblah GNU General Public License AND THEN IT DISPLAYS InitDiskDrive is too large to handle, using only first 8 GB drive 82 heads 16 sectors 63 , total=0x5d550a3b0-000000001 The text "Drive is too large to handle..." is repeated down the screen about 7 times and then there is a flashing hyphen. I now realize that this is a normal error response for 6 trying to initiate a 3 or 4 terabyte drive. This is way beyond my capabilities to solve I am asking for assistance. I know that it is not in full release but this was an unexpected response. I have a 4TB drive and a 3TB drive on this system with Linux and Windows 7 and 10 that I have used for at least 7 years. I use this computer as a VPN machine when I need a VPN or I need to use it for Handbrake on Videos. Which is possibly why it has lasted for so long I guess. Anyway I am stuck. Any help is appreciated.
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