Mike Woodhouse wrote:
> I
> have a long job ahead recovering my home desktop from a failed hard
> drive.

Happened to me. Frequently around end-of-semester time for added 
hilarity. (Yes, I know I should have backed up assignment code.)

The last time in April. TWICE. (Luckily, the data was still there, the 
drives just refused to boot.) Then I lived two months off Knoppix 
waiting for inept PC vendors to assemble me a new computer. I feel your 
pain.

However, no breathing on me. Maybe it's contagious and I could still be 
vulnerable.

David Vallner