Originally Posted by
ASFKAP
Why not just uninstall the programs and applications from the HD before it fails and reinstall them to the new HDD which I presume you'll be buying to replace the one thats about to fail?
I mean don't wait for it to fail and then find you were right all along about what would happen.....
This is my first avenue - last night I didn't have alot of luck; there's about 40GB of application data on there and it simply didn't work for long enough to try - tonight may be different though; it's that kind of problem!
As I had a similar problem this time last year I'm wondering if the drive make isn't handling the heat cycle of the room very well - cold room during the day when I'm out, heating on in the evening, ambient temp + about 10 degrees (inside the case) when the PC's on and working...perhaps I should just leave it on.
The OS is on a 20GB five-year old western digital HD that has never skipped a beat...
James