Please back up your data before installing a new driver.

Please don't attempt to install a new driver without a backup.

In fact, please have a backup anyway!!

also, better than installing a driver while leaving your data on there:
back up your data and reformat with the new driver.

Robert Covington wrote:
> 
> Apologies for the non-FB post.
> 
>  I have been advised by a tech support person that my recent disk crashes
> may have been caused by a corrupted disk driver.