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Copying Spinrite.exe to a NAS drive - Strange Occurence

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STEMApps

Once I had downloaded Spinrite 6.1 to my Windows 10 download folder, I copied it to my Synology NAS and then executed it. I got a message.

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Went back to the Windows download folder and executed it and no problem.

Tuned off my anti-virus and copied it again back to the Synology NAS drive and then got the same error message.

Anyone have any idea why?


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PHolder

I'm presuming that SpinRite's self-verification routine doesn't know how to properly utilize UNC file paths. @Steve might have more to say about that.


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STEMApps

PHolder said:
I'm presuming that SpinRite's self-verification routine doesn't know how to properly utilize UNC file paths. @Steve might have more to say about that.
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I didn't have the same issue with 6.0.


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AlanD

I wonder if it could be affected by the file system used on the NAS? Is that NTFS or something else? Perhaps the block sizes are different and some extra bytes are getting read.


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STEMApps

I figure it's the NAS file system too. I have the Synology NAS set up as a Hybrid RAID SHR-2. It has six drives - 8 TB each. My laptop is NTFS.


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DanR

SpinRite 6.1 requires a DOS environment to run in, for drive scanning.


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PHolder

DanR said:
requires a DOS environment
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Yes, one presumes the OP knows this, being a SR 6 customer, and was wanting to run WinSpin.


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DanR

PHolder said:
Yes, one presumes the OP knows this, being a SR 6 customer, and was wanting to run WinSpin.
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One would think ... but then I considered the wording in the OP. 😐


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