>>I have to risk trashing a drive by yanking the plug, rebooting, testing again, yanking the plug...
>
>Mike, don't pull the plug on your machine, sneak up and pull someone elses', hehe. Better yet, yank Calvin's, that'll get fixed real quick. ;)

Welcome to the week of "don't try this at home, go to your neighbor's".
Besides, why pull the plug? There are more gentle ways, like pressing the Bowman's button (aka reset), flipping the main switch, flipping the main main switch, flipping the switch on the extension cord, and flipping burgers when you have had enough of the rest.