> Well, they would not even let you pay for it and overnight it to you > then send the old one back for another drive so you could break even? It's > an utmost priority if you have all common hardware to keep replacement disks > on site no matter who you work for or company. Which is why you'll always find spares of the most commonly used drives & components on the shelf in my tech room at work. SCSI, SATA & even IDE. All ready to be pulled, "in the event." Master images (w/ 2 spare's pre-imaged) are kept for certain plant PC's where downtime can run in the tens of thousands of $$$, per day, when we're down. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie