macbook pro 2015 model and spinrite 6.1

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dmot

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Dec 6, 2020
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Rather than pull the drive out, have you tried booting a FreeDOS USB to see if your Mac can natively run FreeDOS / SpinRite?


If not, you can try the VirtualBox method:

I have not tried booting FreeDOS, but that would be the best option, I would think.

The next option would be to pull the drive out and use some type of adapter, if possible, to use with the dedicated spin rite computer.

I'm not sure that I want to deal with the virtualbox method.

Thanks.
 
The next option would be to pull the drive out and use some type of adapter, if possible, to use with the dedicated spin rite computer.
Because it’s a proprietary connection there aren’t a lot of adapter options. Here’s a USB adapter:

 
I thought USB scanning via spinrite was coming in v7?
Depending on your host PC, SpinRite may see USB attached drives via the system BIOS. The drive would have to be attached at boot time.