Iomega Click Of Death (was Different take on 10 Yr. 'RULE')

geoffrey oltmans wrote: Basically, yeah. It does some "magnetic black magic" (there's an appnote somewhere on www.grc.com about it), but I can't see it being anywhere near relevant for modern drives. I'd be very surprised if the "patented magnetic data encoder/decoder" wasn't at least two generations out of date -- hard drive manufacturers don't tend to give out much information at the best of times (even application/OEM manuals are a pig to get hold of these days). The idea that any company larger than (say) Conner was in ~1988 would give GRC details on the magnetic encoding scheme used on their drives is laughable at best. These companies are fiercely protective of their IP (and that's probably an understatement). Spinrite is also about as fast as treacle dripping off a spoon in the middle of a Siberian winter... -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/