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Thanks for the tips! Yeah, it spins up just fine, so I doubt the freezer trick will do me any good. But I'll try it in a desktop as a slave as soon as i can, and try this software as well. Thanks!

thanks, Xenotype! I don't have a desktop at the moment, so I'll have to wait to try it as a slave until christmas, when I'll have access to one. If that fails...could you kindly explain the freezer method to this total n00b?? XD

I have an external 250 GB Western Digital drive (purchased in an external case under the ChiliGreen label here in Austria) which has just croaked on me. I have used it daily for about 1 year, and it started acting up a few weeks ago. It randomly powered down while in use 2 or 3 times, so I...