Hi Mike,

You bet i learnt my lesson. First thing i'm going to get is a UPS and backup my stuffs on dvd from now on.

I've attempted to replace the circuit board on one of the drive last night, the good new is the drive did power up and was recognized in the bios but could not be detected as a drive letter since the serial number information was not read properly. I guess i'm going to have to call the experts on this one. just FYI.

Claude