Scratch that - I got another ten minutes of life out of the "dead" drive before it finally died. That was (just) long enough to get copies of the mail spool, config files and home directories off the drive. Yes, the "deep freeze for four hours, flip upside down and power up" tric= k does work. Thanks. --=20 Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6= GB, philpem@dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slic= e, http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Where we operate at a 90=F8 angle to reality -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads