Quote - Rebelmommy, I just noticed something in this thread that made me cringe.

this:

2x Seagate Baracudda 1.5 TB HDD

Do me a favor and check the Seagate website for a recall on these drives.  If they are 7200.11 drives, trust me when I say you need a very faithful backup process.

The seagate 7200.11 drives have been under a silent recall for more than a year.  I say silent because they didn't bother to notify even registered customers.

These drives go into test mode with no warning.  At that point, your motherboard can no longer communicate with them.  I know because I had a main drive do exactly this. 

Now, none of my data was lost, but it took 60 days to get my drive back from Seagate, which is the only way the drive can be brought out of test mode.  It's a factory setting and only the factory can reset it.  Not to mention, they provide no warranty against lost data.** **

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Thanks for the info I will have to check now as I have no desire to have to go through that!

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