I was switching HDs and the one I use regularly suddenly died after booting up. After closer look, it does not power itself at all. I cannot feel the vibration and heat a HD usually generates. Of course, it does not show up on BIOS either. I never had any problem before this happens. That leads me to believe it's the power portion of it goes bad that my data is there fine. I think my drive is still under warranty. WD probably has 3 year warranty and my drive is only 1.5 years. I don't want to send it back and wait for it to come back. My main system and software and some personal data are all on there. Does anyone know if there is way to fix it by myself? TIA, Changhsu Liu Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com