The drive maybe still under warranty. Check "Warranty Check" at this page:

http://support.wdc.com/

It lets you enter the serial number and tell if it still under warranty.
Make sure that if they fix/replace it, the data remain intact.

If all else fails, buy the same exact model and replace the electronics,
don't open the hard drive where the storage disks are. If it doesn't work,
you could still put the electronics back to the new drive and use it.

If you don't find the drive at your local store, try eBay...

"Gareth Magennis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

my Western Digital 120G hard drive went faulty. It has loads of photo
transparency scans on it that I spent a week inputting! Wah!

Anyway I'm resigned to having lost them, but am interested in what
happned. Windows 98 reported that there was going to be an imminent
failure of the drive and I should back it up immediately. I
didn't/couldn't and Windows was right. I managed to transfer some
important recorded music first - the transfer got slower and slower and
eventually the disc died completely and wouldn't transfer anything else.
I think the file names are still all there but it just hunts and hangs
when you try and copy anything.

Any info on what happened or suggestions of recovery?



Thanks,


Gareth.