[SOLVED] -- v6.0 CD boots to Spinrite splash screen and goes blank

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It would seem that SpinRite has found the drive healthy. I would check it periodically with SpinRite just in case. Good luck!

I suspect the LT may have other overheat damage as a result of a dirty/faulty cooling fan. :(
 
16 year old 10" Asus EEE-PC Laptop. I think cheapest product Asus ever made. Drive is now in an external SATA/USB drive case happily copying itself onto my new Asus Zenbook Pro Duo 15" Laptop. The ancient EEE-PC itself has probably just run its course, never to return to life. When I'm done preserving the old data, I will have a nice little 500GB backup drive, so its all good as can be expected I think. Next I will try Aomie backerupper to dump my zenbook back onto the old laptop drive that is really only about 10 years old.