Lol..ok..will give them a shot at reformatting tmrow. I had just finished transfer stuff to dvds for fear of them stop working on me! If they don't format, will just buy a new one. My xmas pressie to myself. Was about to go pick up a wacom.. ah well.. valentine's day present.-- maybe. 

Sometimes out here..it's cheaper timewise and sanity wise to buy a new disc rather than have the computer chap work on it if I have to find out if the case electronics failed.

Defrag and deep cleaning of C drive is part of a drill that happens here every weekend. You know..dust screen et al with a soft cloth, defrag, clean up, throw away uneccesary files, etc.. give computer a hug.. etc.  :-)  I at times wonder if I don't over-clean!