I was just outside having a smoke freezing my but off,,,And I thought to my self what did boston mike say he did to the hdd to mess it up, then another thought!! OMG he said he did nothing, lol Mike your hdd is trying to tell you something and it is this "I am about to die and if you don't back me up You will loose all your data" You are lucky most people don't get a warning that their hdd is about to fail, Back that sucker up man! Sorry I forgot to mention that before, It could last 5 minutes or 5 years, I would say you have about a month!