EnglishAl
The DOS warning appeared just after the searching IDE devices and said:
Hard drive failure is imminent, recommend back up all data.
I must say I am still dubious that it is the hard drive, just before I buy a new drive I'll see if I can disconnect C: and install windows on D:, then run all of the diagnostics suggested above to thoroughly check both hard drives and memory etc.
Cheers,
J.