C.T. Paterson wrote: > Upon resumption of power, when I booted up my machine, it did not > boot...and some experimentation narrowed suspicion down to the hard > drive. > > Any advice or commiseration is welcome. Is the drive actually spinning? I have heard of drives that have run for years, and then won't spin up after being powered down. mechanical problems. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cmacd [ at ] zeusprune [ dot ] ca Just Beyond the Fringe http://www.TelecomOttawa.net/~cmacd/ No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail.