I was joking about dropping it out of the window and trying again ;) I haven't tried that yet, but I will. I will let you know how it goes. It is already a slave drive, always has been. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 12 September 2003 21:29 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Just letting off some frustration >From: "Steve Rance" <Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Took drive out of case. >Powered it up and "smacked the crap out of it", I even used a few selected >swear words along with some verbal abuse. >Had no effect. > >Plan 2 is to drop said hard drive from 3rd floor window into car park, and >try again. Don't do that, you might break something serious. Have you tried the refridgerator trick yet or putting it in as a slave drive on a good machine? I've used both of those to good effect. Chris Berry compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates "You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else." -- Tyler Durden _________________________________________________________________ Get 10MB of e-mail storage! Sign up for Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm