Erratic computer

[Walter R.]

I run Win XP SP2 on my generic computer.

I use a SATA drive (PCI Controller) for the C: drive (boot). For my backup
drive I use an older IDE 80GB drive.

Occasionally, when I boot the computer in the morning, and try to access the
backup drive, windows cannot find the drive. However, when I reboot the
computer, the backup drive pops right up.

This can also happen when the computer goes into standby mode (I set it for
four hours): The boot drive will subsequently wake up but the backup drive
does not wake up. When I reboot, all is well.

Is my backup drive trying to tell me something, like, I am dying?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I run Win XP SP2 on my generic computer.

I use a SATA drive (PCI Controller) for the C: drive (boot). For my
backup drive I use an older IDE 80GB drive.

Occasionally, when I boot the computer in the morning, and try to
access the backup drive, windows cannot find the drive. However,
when I reboot the computer, the backup drive pops right up.

This can also happen when the computer goes into standby mode (I
set it for four hours): The boot drive will subsequently wake up
but the backup drive does not wake up. When I reboot, all is well.

Is my backup drive trying to tell me something, like, I am dying?

Maybe.

Might want to test it using the hard disk drive manufacturer's diagnostic
utilities - usually available on the hard disk drive manufacturer's web page
for download.

 

[DL]

Open your case try reseating the internal connections (ide)