As I mentioned before, I NEVER use Hibernation or other Sleep modes. Instead, I allow the system to control my hard drive and monitor only from within the Power Option applet. I always set my systems to "Always On" mode and turn all sleep options off. Peace, Gman http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:56 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning > > Perhaps I spoke too soon. I am now getting the same boot disk > configuration error. This time as I was resuming from putting XP into > Hibernation. > > After a 3 or 4 three-finger-salutes and entries to setup and the boot > menu the drive magically reappeared and I was able to resume as normal. > My next day off (Friday), I will dig back into the case and take a > closer look at other cables and plugs and sockets (Oh My!) > > I don't think this is a "hard drive" problem so much as a cable or other > external problem. Is that reasonable thinking? At least until further > inspection suggests otherwise. > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------