Peter, I forwarded your response and recieved the following reply: "will open the case and see if something touching or a little bent that shouldn't be... it fired up and showed stuff then went blank.. makes a clic ,,, clic." Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:12:31 -0800 From: Peter <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: hard drive damage What are the symptoms? Today's hard drives are fairly rugged and a drop would not necessarily damage it. There could be a loose connection due to the drop. Has the case been opened to check for this? Just some ideas for you to research. Peter The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering our special coffee mugs and mouse pads with the PCBUILD logo... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml