Suddenly my system crashed and cannot reboot anymore.
The Master Hard Drive is not detected. I brought it to 2 shops and
they said nothing can be done. I checked with the UBCD disk and
it too cannot detect the drive. Years of putting-up my ultimate
Linux Box with VL finished.

Would anybody confirm that this is the end of the drive or any idea
to get it back short of bringing it to the CIA?

I quickly installed VL-6-Light-Live on my slave drive and limp now along until
In get a new MHD.
Thanks & regards.