Not Able to run Spinrite 6.1?

[Denise]

Hi...I am new to this Forum but a Security Now listener for many years...I just followed all the steps to do a bootable USB drive and install Spinrite 6.1...I went into my Bios and the USB showed up with Spinrite in the Bios but I can not click on the USB to run Spinrite? Inside of the Bootable USB drive is a file the says EDIT and when opened reads "This App can't run on your PC"
My system is as follows ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 (2021) Gaming Laptop. 15.6" 300Hz IPS FHD. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. AMD Ryzen 9 5900Hx, 32GB DDR4. 1 TB SSG with Windows 10...
What am I doing wrong?
Thx for any help

 

[DanR]

What am I doing wrong?

Hi @Denise! Welcome aboard.

You are likely doing nothing wrong. Your ASUS is I expect booting in UEFI mode, which is incompatible with SpinRite 6.1.

Please check this article for how you "might" be able to adjust your "BIOS" settings to be able boot your flash drive to run SpinRite 6.1:

https://forums.grc.com/threads/how-to-boot-and-run-spinrite-6-x-on-a-uefi-machine.968/

 

[PHolder]

USB showed up with Spinrite in the Bios

In order for SpinRite to boot on your PC, it needs to be capable of Legacy Booting and have it enabled. It probably arrived pre-installed with Windows, and has Secure Boot enabled and the CSM disabled. I didn't find specific info about your model, but maybe this will help

https://www.reddit.com/r/ASUS/comments/s68b25/psa_enabling_legacy_boot_aka_compatibility

Inside of the Bootable USB drive is a file the says EDIT and when opened reads "This App can't run on your PC"

Yes, the files on the SpinRite media are 16-bit applications exclusively for running under FreeDOS and 32 bit (more more likely 64 bit) Windows can't run them, and thus gives this error message.

You can also check out the explanation at (or even also try this utility, although it's meant to let you know in advance of buying SpinRite if your PC will boot it) https://www.grc.com/bootable.htm

 

[Steve]

Paul... Wow! If what you found on Reddit is true, it must be that the base system has CSM (kinda)... but not support for it base video... so an external source of video is needed. Wow it true.

 

[Denise]

Hi @Denise! Welcome aboard.

You are likely doing nothing wrong. Your ASUS is I expect booting in UEFI mode, which is incompatible with SpinRite 6.1.

Please check this article for how you "might" be able to adjust your "BIOS" settings to be able boot your flash drive to run SpinRite 6.1:

https://forums.grc.com/threads/how-to-boot-and-run-spinrite-6-x-on-a-uefi-machine.968/

Thx U!