Hard shutdown - drive not recognized

[kaplan]

Hello,

I have been running an Athlon 2500 with XP Pro SP2, 512 MB, with out
problem.

I have had two hard shutdowns in the past week. I have run 4
antispyware programs and AV.

Now the computer will not recognize a data drive when I bootup OR it
will say Boot From CD. After rebooting, I can get back into the system
but no recognition of that data drive.

On two occasions, I have played with cable connections and did get the
G drive back until the next hard shutdown. I have tried letting it
cool with no success. On bootup the system reads CPU=41F, System=84F.

Does this sound like a bad drive or something off in the registry?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Bob I]

41F ?!? Unless you are running a Peltier cooled, that is bogus! The
"hard shutdowns" may be the result of the harddrive becoming
inaccessible. Hardware failure somewhere is the suspected cause. Does
the drive work in another PC as slave? Run HD manufacturers diagnostic
utility against it.

 

[Noozer]

Hello,

I have been running an Athlon 2500 with XP Pro SP2, 512 MB, with out
problem.

Answered in another group.