laura_seabrook | More hardware problems

Just when I thought I had it sorted out, I'm getting weird problems. The screen's been blanking out and nothing except a reset button works. Got the following msg when I rebooted:

"Windows was temporarily unable to read your hard disk drive. We don't know the exact cause of the problem. In most cases, this type of condition is momentary and doesn't indicate a serious problem, but sometimes it means that a hard disk is failing.

Common causes of this problem

Aging or failing hard disks. To prevent file corruption and data loss, we recommend that you back up all of your important files and folders immediately. See step 1 in the section below for more information.

Large file transfers from secondary media, such as an external hard drive, to a local hard drive.

Loss of power to a hard disk drive that causes inconsistent data sectors.

Hard disk-intensive processes such as antivirus scanners.

Recently installed hardware that might have compatibility and performance problems."

Well now, I just backed up and swapped over the hard drives. This one is supposed to have SMART Problems (to do with againg) but it can't be a coincidence that that I've had trouble on the same PC, with drives on the same socket. Maybe it isn't just the drives, but the controller. Of course the issue then becomes, do I replace the hard drive, or the PC?