I think that Trafton was correct - the 40GB drive is probably corrupt. If it gave problems before and after formatting, and with two different operating systems, I can't think of what else it could be.
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With our extreme gelatinous apology,
We beg to inform your Imperial Majesty,
Unto whom be dominion and power and glory,
There still remains that strange precipitate
Which has the quality to resist
Our oldest and most trusted catalyst.
It is a substance we cannot cremate
By temperatures known to our Laboratory.
~ E.J. Pratt
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