Yeah - in going through the different messages each time (or different lengths of time each message came up) I think I must have a dodgy middle connector on the cable. Shouldn't be a problem - this 250Gb drive should do me for years (unless PaulWay and SXSW become even more prolific:-)

Cheers
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Rory
MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
MkII, 240Gb in Mark Lord dock
MkII, 80Gb SSD in dock