Spinrite 6.1 on a 10TB Western Digital My Book.

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Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson

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I have a 10 TB WD My Book that needs to be looked at my Windows keeps asking me to format this drive and I want to see if running Spinrite will change the condition of the drive so that the data can be successful transferred to a newer better WD black drive. I have read that Spinrite doesn't work well with USB connected drives. So if I take the drive our of the My Book case and attach that drive to a eSATA connected container would that be a better way for my to use Spinrite on this drive. It connects to a SAATA PCIexpress 6gb add on card.

I used to have a manual that came with my first SpinRite purchase. I have no idea when I started using SpinRite but I read that manual because it provided a very clear and concise explanation of the topology and structure of the data area of the spinning hard disk. Does anyone know where that essay IS?? If so I would love to be able to read it again. I unfortunately can not find that pamphlet. I have a copy of Steve Gibson's Techtalk Anthology A Passion For Technology Having reread it I can't find that concise explanation. I am self taught and I can us a refresher.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
 
AlanD said:
Try https://www.grc.com/sr/user-manual.htm for the manual.

If you can remove the drive from the USB and connect it via SATA, it should scan MUCH faster. SR6.1 has native SATA drivers.
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Thanks Alan that is helpful. Although what I was looking for was a down and dirty discussion that Steve Gibson did of the drives architecture andfunctional descriptions of it fundamental processes. I appreciate your assistance.
 
Peter Wilson said:
what I was looking for was a down and dirty discussion that Steve Gibson did of the drives architecture andfunctional descriptions of it fundamental processes.
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That doesn't really exist any more, now that drives are 100% self-contained and run S.M.A.R.T. and other features (like NASWare) that are all proprietary and no longer communicated from the OEM to the end users.
 
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