RH77 -
Ahhhhhh, Western Digital, the kiss of death. We only buy Maxtors and Seagates where I work. For 2.5" laptops, I have only grown to trust Fujitsu. No smart reason, but it's what we use in some of our products.
I would burn some ca$h on a flash disk that will save your data, or burn to DVD ASAP.
If you are having drive problems, I would look into a "hardened" hard drive like this :
MHW2120BK SATA : FUJITSU United States
Quote:
First Fujitsu 7,200 RPM Extended Duty hard disk drives with Rotational Vibration (RV) compensation technology.
Extended duty hard disk drives feature 24/7 operation and storage capacities up to 120GB(1)
Featuring Rotational Vibration (RV) compensation technology for reliable operation in multi-drive systems and servers
7,200 RPM spindle speed and 3.0 Gb/sec SATA interface for outstanding performance
Low power consumption and cool operation for data center environments
Ideal for server, blade server, nearline storage and industrial PC/robot applications
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Fujitsu MHW2120BK - 120GB MOBILE SATA 7200 RPM 8MB - $200
This doesn't mean my selections are the best, it's just my "computer voodoo" (if something works, keep doing it).
CarloSW2