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   From: "Pete"    
      
   On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:26:37 UTC, "Pete"    
    wrote:   
      
   > Should an HDD run almost too hot to touch? I've been having troubles    
   > with a JFS-formatted USB drive that I use for back-up, and this is the    
   > only thing so far which I've noticed might be affecting it's    
   > performatnce (MAX 120 GB, ATA 133 dated 11-2004, in a ADS USB HDD    
   > enclosure). Chkdisk is now stopping with that unrecoverable "M error".    
   > Other USB HDDs haven't been having this heating problem.   
   >    
   > Thanks,   
   > Pete   
      
   Found the problem: the board etc. inside the USB case was going bad. I    
   discovered this when I plugged the drive into an IDE cable in box2. All    
   is well -- didn't even have to run chkdsk (and the drive got barely warm   
   to the touch).   
      
   Thanks,   
   Pete   
      
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