Carol, I bought a Seagate 300GB external drive from Maplins a few months ago for about £89; so far no problems - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Access UK Mailing List" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: [access-uk] REPLACEMENT EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE - ABOUT 150 GIG | Hi, | | I have an external Maxtor hard drive, now about six years old, which has | been well used etc. and has now failed so badly that I don't even dare to | try to reformat to re-use anyway. | | First, can anyone advise how I reformat it (or remove all its contents | securely) because when I tried to reformat (really to remove contents) I was | told it could not be formatted. I want to be sure to destroy all its | contents once and for all! | | Second, has anyone purchased an external hard drive recently and what would | you recommend? | | Thanks, as always, for any input. | | -- | Carol | carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx | | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | | -- | This email has been verified as Virus free | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq