Yes, i was meaning Howitzer17 ...

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.... Howitzer17 hadn't mentioned anythin really, concerning associated things. As in your case, your screen started to do strnge things.

By associated things, aside from your own .. i was thinking of sounds, like clicks or whines... a lack of power can cause a drive to go strange as well ... so it is hard to say .

Your case does sound curious though. It would have been silent too, i would expect. With only the screen and reboots giving the hint that something serious was going on.

The progressive nature of drive fails is also worrysome. With just ordinary attempts to retrieve data.


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The sector or sectors have now been recovered and rewritten and the system now seems fine.
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so, you didn't lose the drive , good.


jm