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I have here an old (2007) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB hard disk installed on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. On any day of the week odds are 70% the drive won't be seen by the motherboard. Like, at all.

For the love of GOD, stop trying to clone it. You're just killing it faster, and Ghost WILL NOT clone a drive that is failing. It's not a data recovery tool. Get "GetDataBack" from Runtime Software ...

The error message Please back up your data and replace your hard disk drive indicates a failing hard drive. Therefore, you need to replace it. However, in some cases ...

A slow hard drive can make routine tasks, such as storing and transferring files, unbearably frustrating. Running Windows or any other operating system from a slow hard drive can make matters even ...