Timothy wrote, > I have a zip drive and would like to know about this "click of > death" to which you refer. I haven't had a problem so far but that > sounds pretty fatal! Would someone please educate me? Thanks in > advance. ...have been one that has had the misfortune of losing data > due to the infamous Click of Death on a Zip drive and a totally > failed jaz drive. There's a great description of the problem, AND a free testing utility called TIP (Trouble in Paradise) at: http://grc.com/clickdeath.htm Steve Gibson also makes SpinRite (not at all free, but well worth it) and he REALLY knows drive stuff. ************************************************** Jan Wilson / [log in to unmask] Corozal Community College / Corozal Junior College Corozal Town, Belize / Central America Visit our Corozal page / http://www.corozal.com PGP key at keyservers / or at [log in to unmask] ************************************************** Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html