Ethan,
E-Machines,at least in the units I've had the mispleasure to work on, use no
name poor quality drives. In fact, most of their computers are built of
cheap, second rate, generic components. It sounds like the drive is fried.

Glenn


> My friend, whose computer I'm "technically" responsible for has had
> recent problems booting up.  Originally this thing was an eMachine
> eTower 400i, and as far as most of the guts are concerned it still
> is.  I've simply moved it all into a new case after the machine kept
> shutting itself down before due to the legendary faulty power supply
> installed in most eMachine computers.
>

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