4:02pm Margaret_Doll said: >Are there any analysis programs for disks? I had a system that had >become terribly slow, but I had no indication that the system disk was >failing. Replacing the system disk brought the system back to life. If you are lucky enough to have a SCSI backplane that supports SAF-TE (SCSI Accessible Fault Tolerate Enclosures), take a look at safte-monitor here: http://oss.metaparadigm.com/safte-monitor/ It hollers at syslog, and even has a tiny web server for monitoring status visually. ../C