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Thread ID: 37453 2003-09-07 21:41:00 hdd powerdown during xp boot Jacob4165 (199) Press F1
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173672 2003-09-07 21:41:00 when starting my computer I hear the hard drive power up, but half way through booting xp (xp startup screen just before user logon screen) the hard drive powers down then powers up again about 5 seconds later. I know that causing the hard drive to power up more than necessary shortens it's lifespan, I have disabled hdd power down suspend/standby in windows and the bios this didn't work and I can't think of anything else
wondering if anyone has any ideas

-thanks
Jacob4165 (199)
173673 2003-09-08 02:17:00 When did the problem first begin? Have you added any new hardware or software since it started? Providing your computer's specs may also help. Fire-and-Ice (3910)
173674 2003-09-12 06:04:00 the problam started ever since I installed xp (I used to have win 98)

my pc's an amd xp1800 (1500mhz) 30 gig hdd 256 sd ram 56k modem onboard lan, sound, video, usb2.0, american megatrend motherboard
Jacob4165 (199)
173675 2003-09-12 06:12:00 Hi, Do you have the latest BIOS update for your motherboard installed? electronhell (3374)
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