Peter K wrote:
> The disk is five years old. It has served as the main disk in a machine I
> built then. It has never given me any trouble or unexplained malfunctions
> and reformatting it just now, using Disk Management, all three partitions
> were reported as 'healthy'.
>
> Still, that could be the reason???
I would only be guessing, either way. This link will give you just
a taste of the subject, and it mentions 2000-2005. I'm almost
positive that 75Gig drives were not the only ones affected.
http://www.ibmdeskstar75gxplitigation.com/