I'm in desperate need of assistance. My computer seems to have a pattern in crashing
harddrives frequently (four so far).

It always starts the same way, mouse pointer gets slow, booting problems to follow, after that systemcrash, and I'm not talking about "bluescreens". The thing that happends next is that the harddrives reading arm starts to move back and forth like it can't decide were to beguin or were to stop.... :(

When it's gone this far total breakdown is close at hands.

I'm getting desperate, I've checked ceveral
Anti virus sites for information, tweeked the register as a precaution threw "www.winguides.com" (both hiding the computer, hiding default shares like Admin$, C$, D$ etc... to regular TCP/IP stack hardening to defend against DDoS attacks and Syn-attacks).

I've run Blaster patch(plus placed a msblast.exe file in system32-Cathalog write protecting it). Run the MS Base Line Security tool seen to that I have the right updates installed.

I've added AD-Aware 6.0 but my ideas is about to run out.
Have anyone out there simular problems that can shine some light on this matter I would be all greatfull.

Still in good hope agains the destructiv forces that are making life harder to live no matter which flavers thay come in.
I'm moonlighting trying to end this once and for all to get back part of the confidence.

Thanx to any answer that might come in handy.

/Mats

If it's physically ruining hard drives, I would suspect a hardware rather than a software problem. Mounting screw length, mounting braket warpped, Something generating RFI or other interference causing degeneration of thecelectrical components on the drive. Normally a virus, trojan, etc won't physically ruin a drive, maybe your sanity but not the drive. Try isolating the drive from the case and see if the problem occurs again.

Might be the case.

I'll check this after work tomorrow, need to go to bed 3Am Swedish time :)

Thanx for the tip Clark

You may want to have a good look at your power supply as well.