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From: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HD Needs second try to boot
Message-ID: <479@amanue.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 90 03:58:47 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Amanuensis Inc., Grindstone, PA
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I've been suffering with a problem for quite a few weeks now.  My SE with 20M
internal hard disk will almost never boot the first time.  I hear an awful
chugga-chugga-chugga sound from the hard disk -- quite a few times -- then
eventually I get the icon with a floppy and a ? in it.  It seems to be some
kind of warmup problem.  If I let the machine sit there for a couple of
minutes, then cycle power, it *always* boots.  Once it boots I've experienced
*NO* problems.  No disk problems of any kind.

Has anyone experienced this problem?  Is this a symptom of something familiar?
Should I take the machine in to be repaired?  Will I get any further non-fatal
deterioration before the hard disk goes belly-up?  I.e. is this the "last
warning" before the hard disk is lunched?  How serious is this?

Since it's been this way for weeks, I guess mebbe I've nonchalanted it a bit.
Any words of wisdom appreciated.
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