If you are a bad CD-ROM drive, and you work sometimes, but not others, this will happen to you:
So, beware! And yes, this relieved a lot of stress.
I also played with a hard drive:
Think it will still work? Maybe I can send it in to a recovery agency and see if they can get my information off :) Later this week, I will plug it in to power and see what happens! And I will have to open it up to see what happened inside.
is there a hardware abuse hotline? if so, beware, for I shall call them on you!