On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Galen Seitz wrote: > Hard disk retrying over and over on a marginal sector? > Fan failure? Galen, Fan makes its usual sound. > I'd try booting Knoppix and see whether you experience similar problems. I have the Xubuntu-11.10 cd I made when the upgrade crashed because of a screensaver bug. Will this work as well? Thanks, Rich