Go into the BIOS and turn off S.M.A.RT. It should work for a while. SMART is just a timer that stops use of the drive based on access and runtime numbers. I've done this on multiple drives. one of them is still working like 2 years later... Dave __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black |