Hard drive died after one defrag w/Auslogic. Probably coincidence ;-( Support wants $49 to talk to me because 6 mo's. out of warranty; but since I can buy a new HD for $50 I will pass. The unit is a SATA drive, and neither my Vista restore disk or a Linux emergency disk w/hard drive diagnostics will even detect the drive. What are the odds it is the MB? Aren't SATA drivers software? Not too much of value on the disk, so I can afford to lose it, but don't want to throw good money after bad here.
Mike
Mike