Re: Strange case of disappearing hard disk
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 03:46:31 +0800
"csj" <csj@mindgate.net> wrote:
> The strange thing is that sometimes when I reboot, the Fujitsu drive
> appears to disappear. The drive is identified by the bios. But on
> boot-up a message appears that the drive's boot record could not be
> found, and indeed I can't boot from the drive. I have to power down
> completely before I can boot again into that drive (I can boot from the
> CDROM drives and hdb)
Sounds like slow drive spin up. The systems ready to go before the drive
is. Perhaps you should check to see if there's an option to slow your
boot process slightly. Perhaps a BIOS option?
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Jamin W. Collins
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