[3dfxtwkr]

ya so pretty soon my HD is gonna bite the dust.....im already getting signs. the other day my boot up time gradually just got worse and worse. i ran two scandisks yesterday and nothing came up wrong. today i did a scandisk and i got like 50 orphin files or whatever and some other errors. luckily i haven't gotten any errors in windows....yet. Since i can still use windows, you think i should go ahead and make an image of my hard drive now, or do you think the file system is too FUBARd to make a backup worthwhile. obviously im gonna need a new SATA hard drive. i was thinking of just going with a raptor, but i havent been keeping up with the market.....any other options i should be looking at? thx in advance

[basketofkittens]

I would try to use that computer as little as possible. Go get yourself a new drive and get Windows set up on it, then set your old drive to slave and copy everything to the new main drive.

[log1c]

You can never go "wrong" with making a backup. I'm sure at this point your >files< will be OK. That way, in the worse case scenario, you have some CDs with all your docs and whatever else you need.

[funkgab]

^agreed, raptors are for hardcore gamers, why dont you just get a nice big WD drive.. non raptor