Anna wrote:
>The installation begins, but then says it cannot find any hard 
>drive.  There is a hard drive (WD) with very little use and all the cables 
>are secure.>>


Google recently reported that a survey of its huge number of hard drives 
indicated that age, rather than usage, was the most significant factor in 
determining the failure rate of hard drives.

Therefore it's quite likely that age may have killed it. I believe that 
after 5 years, the likelihood of hard drive failure increases considerably, 
regardless of how much use it has had.

Don Penlington


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