[kmc500]

Yes, I believe it is full, but thankfully, we're barely into XP Pro here, so at least no Vista.

Thanks for the quick response; you can imagine the scent of fear in the data center today when we discovered our archived customer data wasn't backed up to tape!

We actually did not wait long enough during the Snap's check; once the Check said 100%, we never waited for the rebuild, but kept downing the thing and trying to bring it back. Needless to say, that didn't help much.

It finally dawned on me that the drive led's weren't just flickering, but were reflecting actual writing, so I decided to wait, and sure enough after a refresh the web browser began noting the rebuild. It has been 2 hours since that began, and is only up to 55%, but as soon as it started we were able to get access to the data that was not backed up. It is copied now, and that won't happen again (untilt he next time).

Since we have the data that was backed up accessible live, we've spent the day changing mappings, but it certainly could have been worse.

Thanks for the tip about Spinrite, I will try it. I've been a Steve Gibson fan since he created a light pen for the old Atari 400 back in the late 70's. Good stuff.

The drives are actually IBM's, but I agree that the whole thing is on borrowed time.

Thanks - I would be interested in any contacts you might have. Other parts of our enterprise have used OnTrack on occasion for workstation drive recovery, and it has been very expensive.

Thanks loads for the forum. If you weren't here I am sure I would have started unplugging individual drives - death (someone's) may have resulted!

Kevin C