Am Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:26:59 +1100 hat David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (David Timms) folgendes geschrieben: Hi Dave, > > Please, only answer when you know an answer, not only when you guess > > it ;-) > Without more info from you I suspect you would be getting less than > optimal advice! > > DaveT. sry, yesterday morning i had not enough time to describe all in details. T43 is the modell number of the IBM thinkpad. I have done a complete backup of the two xp partitions. I reinstall fedora, because it was so damaged, that it was unusable. Basic commandos did not work etc. smartctl shows me, that the drive does not support smart: smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: ATA FUJITSU MHV2080A Version: 0084 Serial number: NT20T682980V Device type: disk Local Time is: Fri Dec 15 07:27:35 2006 CET Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported I have disabled the smartd daemon on my laptop. When the system crashes again, i will swap the hd. Thanks for your answer -- Nine (not 9) Never trust a hippie