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

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