Valium hamster lives in a dreamworld, in a cage of his own

Well, the hard-drive mentioned in the last post is not looking what you'd call well. Sysadmin #1 has thus far failed to extract anything but melodious beeps from it. Oh, and the odd crunching noise.

( If you're interested in hard drives )

So, while not wishing to seem unduly pessimistic, I wondered if anyone wanted to recommend a storage solution to me ?

( My requirements )