In article <41E0D9DF.9010606@squirrelsolutions.co.uk>,
	Glenn Richards <glenn@squirrelsolutions.co.uk> writes:
> When powered up, it seeks repeatedly - Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB.

Have you tried to give a gentle punch while it's powered up? I had a
broken IBM deathstar which after being punched by my wife gently
(I lack the ability to do the gentle part) decided to start up once
more which was enough to refresh the backup.

	Kind regards

-- 
Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/