[Campion]

As you say, the system is "young", but the drive has many many hard miles on it and the "rot" has built up.

Let's be clear, though: the drive is not the problem. If the drive were the problem, all the reformats in the world would not fix it. The problem is the OS managing the drive.

I have never heard of a Linux system with this sort of "creeping death" syndrome. It's a Microsoft problem.

[Billy_bob_bob]

See my post #40.