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- From: para@Walden.mo.net (Beakman's Secret Identity)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 Hard Drive Problems...
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 05:22:08 GMT
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- Tim Borgeaud (phtlb@zeus.bris.ac.uk) wrote:
- :
- : There is the possibility that the hard drive spins up too slowly. This is
- : a problem that has been discussed before. If the drive takes too long to
- : get up to speed then the computer can not boot from it, this may be the
- : problem.
- :
- : Tim.
-
- But that should only be a factor if the drive is cold booted, but if the
- computer is up and running and restarts without powering down, the drive
- shouldn't ever spin down...
-
- This problem is happening all the time.
-
- Plus, the drive never appears, unless reformatted...
-
- Thanks for the suggestion though. :)
-
- ParaPsykotic (DSW)
- Tony Bossaller
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