On Friday 27 May 2005 07:12 pm, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Someone with more knowledge about these things please tell me if I'm > looking at a failing drive, or something else. SMART hasn't reported > anything on the drive (in fact, it thinks the drive is in perfect health > when I do a manual check.) > > ---------- snip It,s feet aren't sticking straight up yet, but soon will be. I would only run the system/drive long enough to get your data off the drive. -- John H Ludwig Common sense is so rare, why do they call it common!!! I'm not schitziod! I got better tomorrow.