On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:41:22 Russell Coker said
I suggest that you firstly don't turn the system off until........
and a lot of good stuff........... Thanks for the reply, A comment on a couple of points raised, The drive that appears to be failing only contains operating systems,ie no data at all, in this case both WindowsXP and Linux. A long time ago I found this was an advantage in managing data. I in fact keep spare drives handy (including an SSD) as I live in a relatively remote area and travel can add quite a significant cost to a system. For most of my life I worked as a complex systems technician, and from the __very__ earliest days was aware of the requirement to have good backs _______AND_______ be able to restore such backup data reliably (I highlighted the restore as a lot do not take this into account). I in fact keep 4 copies of all data I consider to be of value as on two occasions have had backups (other peoples) destroyed during restores. The particular system is to be rebuilt next week so all should be well then. The problem could just be a connector as I have had similiar problem in the past with SATA power connectors not sitting properly. Linux now for 20 years, (where does time go) Lindsay