Fl, thank you. Hopefully wont come to a clean room, but preparing for the worst. It's a WD WD5000AAKS - 00V6A0 so it says under model. 500gb 16 cache if that helps. No huge clanking on the inside, just a real low whirr type, before it tries again when the computer is turned on. Thinking your right on the spindle. I won't open it for the reasons you mentioned. Read about it a little after your reply. Heh.




Anyhow thank you! Oh an TW it's windows 7 home premium. Sorry I neglected that before from your second reply.

Sirscrapalot - I got friends in low places, where the whiskey flows an the beer chases.. - Garth Brooks, Low Places..or something like that.