Thanks Tony, I did have to run the builder twice b/c it couldn't mount the drive the first time. The problem was a bad serial cable, so I went to CompUSAss and bought a Belkin Pro 10' (smallest they had) DB9 fem2fem serial cable for $14.99 (that should be illegal) Originally i was using an old serial cable i found male2fem and used a fem2fem gender changer but apparently either the cable or the changer was bad. New cable works like a champ, and im now stress testing the drive on my 2nd attempt. if you want the log let me know.