2nd hard drive failure with Seagate? The first started to become quite hot and eventually packed in whilst the 2nd died a death though will load up windows now and then but then stops working altogether. Funny noise when I shake it too. Both Seagate Barracudas running at 7,200 rpm. Always thought very highly of these drives as they are virtually silent but not so sure about them now. Fair enough they have lasted a few years of heavy abuse so perhaps I should be more forgiving but having migrated so to speak from scsi drives to these ide drives I am not so understanding. Scsi drives were kind of bullet proof. I have a good mind to buy a small scsi drive 2nd hand and just run windows on it and keep my other ide drives as storage. Can anyone recommend a strong ide drive which might make me think again? Come to that have you a scsi hard drive and controller card for sale? Blimey just took a look on ebay - some amazing bargains to be had. Ok I am willing to part with £10 for a decent size scsi hard drive and - *thinks hard* - oh at least £5 for the card. Generous or what? Only kidding - maybe.