There goes another drive, a Maxtor 6B200P0 (203 GB) ATA.
Just bought a new spare… a Samsung HD501LJ (500 GB). Too bad I never buy enough drives to set up a RAID-system 
I used R-Studio NTFS to save a whole lot from the old disk. My apps folder (unzipped tools and programs), my Cygwin installation, and a number of media files. I unfortunately lost a number of good DVD concerts, there among Pink Floyd – Pulse 
I actually was able to reinititate the faulty drive. A chkdsk may indicate the actual health.
Ok, a chkdsk and the disk is actually up…
