On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:37:16AM -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > 1. If you have a drive carrier, put the drive in it and see what > happens. As Msquared state, changing the orientation of the drive > worked for him. Maybe having the drive on it's side will work long > enough to get the data off. Actually, that's not what I meant. I meant that I had to manhandle the drive at power-on to get it to spin up. However, you are right: a different orientation may make a difference (I did once come across a drive that only worked on its side). Regards, Msquared...