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W. Watson
XP has just disappeared on me several times in the last few days. Each time I come up
it if often says something about the boot from the HD and to mount the system CD. It
then recovers. Sometimes I just come right back up when I hit reset. It once to allow
XP to send a report. After the report was sent, it suggested I have a problem with my
HD. I've run Western Digital diagnostics and nothing is wrong. I have heard a
clicking noise from my computer on occasion, but have not been able to pin it down.
Any of this sound familiar to anyone?
I have an 80G (primary) and 160G (secondary) WD. My processor is about 1.3G, Athalon.
I did find another diagnostic tool, ActiveSmart, and once it awhile it suggests the
temp on the 160G drive is off; however, that's not the drive that has the OS on it.
In fact, it has very little on it. Maybe 10-20M.
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Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0" W
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky."
-- James Taylor, Rhymes for the Nursery (1806)
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it if often says something about the boot from the HD and to mount the system CD. It
then recovers. Sometimes I just come right back up when I hit reset. It once to allow
XP to send a report. After the report was sent, it suggested I have a problem with my
HD. I've run Western Digital diagnostics and nothing is wrong. I have heard a
clicking noise from my computer on occasion, but have not been able to pin it down.
Any of this sound familiar to anyone?
I have an 80G (primary) and 160G (secondary) WD. My processor is about 1.3G, Athalon.
I did find another diagnostic tool, ActiveSmart, and once it awhile it suggests the
temp on the 160G drive is off; however, that's not the drive that has the OS on it.
In fact, it has very little on it. Maybe 10-20M.
--
Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0" W
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky."
-- James Taylor, Rhymes for the Nursery (1806)
Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
sierra_mtnview -at- earthlink -dot- net
Imaginarium Museum: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews/imaginarium.html>