Miles, if check disk starts (after reboot) and doesn't finish (i.e., doesn't finish the read part of the operation) you can pretty much bet the drive is toast.
I should have asked this before - Does it take much longer than normal to get to the desktop (before it locks up)?
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April 13, 2009 - 3:40 pm
Thanks Jim.
I'm sill waiting for the CD to arrive. Then I will follow the steps in this article.
