Em 25/4/2011 01:09, jferrell13@triad.rr.com escreveu: > The unfortunate part of this to me seems that other than getting slower I= was not aware that there was anything wrong with the system. OTH, timely b= ackups would have reduced this to an nuiscence. I knew better... Install smartmontools (free opens source from Sourceforge). It will warn you early about HDD failures. Best regards, Isaac --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .