Thanks to all who commented on my problem with a suddenly unrecognised hard drive. Many of you seemed to think that variations of FDisk switches or similar applications might do the trick, but I can't see how one can apply ANY treatment to a drive that isn't being seen by the computer in the BIOS or in DOS. However, I might try Mark's suggestion and try it with a different ribbon on another IDE port with different jumper combinations. Ian Porter Computer Guys Inc. Arrowtown New Zealand [log in to unmask] The NOSPIN Group http://freepctech.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Second-to-last rites for a hard drive? I seem to have killed a 3\4 year old Western Digital 3gb hard drive and I'm wondering if there's any way I can resurrect it. Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com