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To Danzil and RandyL, Thanks for your prompt replies - I rather feared it was a hard drive failure and you both confirm that this is the most likely. I'll try the diagnostics and take it from there. porridge

Hi there, After powering up the PC the start up became very slow and then slower before eventually getting to the Windows XP entry screen , but mouse and keyboard would not respond and this deteriorated to the point where the screen does not now respond either. On start up a loud and rapid clicking sound is emitted from the tower but this eventually goes off. I also noticed on the start up screens that it did not seem to be recognizing the primary slave as the screen text showed : primary slave : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Help please. Porridge