Having not seen the original post, I'd suggest a full virus scan first, followed by a format regimen, or run it as a slave if it works at all, THEN throw it away if none of that works. Martin Kurr email [log in to unmask] > From: Robert Bowen - Information Services - SUNY > Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] hard drive error > >My friend has a computer that needs a lot of work, upon bootup we get an > >error message stating " sector not found reading drive c > > abort,retry,ignore,fail " PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html