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Jay, I am deeply concerned that your system died a second time after a full backup and restore. I would second the Bad Block Remap as well. However, if this fails, you really need to start looking at a hardware problem. In order, you have either a cable problem, not likely but possible, a controller problem, very likely and easy to diagnose, or a hard disk problem, extremely likely and hard to diagnose. If you have the means, I firmly suggest you try out the hard drive in a friend's system for a few days. At the very least, that will eliminate the controller error or the hard drive error. If the disk works fine in another system, then the controller is at fault. If the disk fails, then the harddrive is at fault. At this point, you may also want to check what sort of gaurantee you have on the harddrive. Usually the harddrive fails first, but I won't certify that it is the case for you. Try swapping it out to see. Good luck. I hope this helps. The Four Seasons of Southern California: Fire, Flood, Earthquake, and Riot.