I'm gonna leave it on 24/7 until Friday when I get a chance to open it up and do some more cable inspections. I don't think that hibernation is the problem. At least not yet. Don Gman wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------