What your describing doesn't sound good...... try changing the power supply
cable and maybe replacing the ribbon cable. I have had drives behave in a
similar way when I had cable or power supply problems. However even If
everything does come back alive after replacing or re-seating the cables, I
would still copy your data off that drive and observe it for a while before
I would completely trust it.

Mark Rode
The NOSPIN Group

At 12:18 PM 4/28/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>A clicking noise started coming from my computer.  I shutdown, took the
>cover off and realized the noise was coming from my 2nd harddrive, my D
>drive a Maxtor DiamondMax 30 gig.  When I booted up next the clicking
>lasted several seconds and then stopped but my D drive is no longer
>recognized.  Does this mean my D drive is toast?  It is still under
>warranty, only 2 months old so I can send it back but I'm more interested
>in knowing if there is anything I can try to get some of the files off it
>short of spending a lot of money.  Any suggestions most welcome.
>
>Marilyn

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