13 Feb
2006
13 Feb
'06
10:50 p.m.
On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 22:00 +0000, Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
So tabbed over to IDE setup to see what whas there, or not. Apparently the HDD and its parameters showed up OK. So quit Setup without saving and let it re-boot. Success: clean boot off HDD. Repeatable -- shut down, switch off, disconnect from mains, re-connect, switch on -> clean re-boot as if nothing had ever happened.
I've had this before on a failing hard drive...randomly fails to be seen by the Bios....very very common on a limited range of Fujitsu units..can end one day in total failure so I'd encourage her to backup soon (if she doesn't already)
It can also be caused by drive stiction, but that more often occurs after the machine has been left off for a longer time.