Tricia, What makes you think that the drive is dying rather than just severely fragmented &/or full of corrupt files? Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tricia" <lafalot7@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Help with dying a slow death hard drive >I have a hard drive that isn't dead, yet, but it's dying a slow > death. The pc will take forever to open the partitioned drives, but > they WILL eventually open. I put the drive in a removable case and > tried to have my laptop access it, but it's taking so long, that I am > losing my mind. Is there a way to recover the drive (it is 3 > partitions, NOT a boot drive)? thanks a lot > > Tricia --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------