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From: dlow@pollux.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Hard Drive needs warmup???
Message-ID: <4690003@pollux.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jan 91 17:05:56 GMT
References: <kshaffer.662913738@modcomp>
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>(Ken Shaffer) 
>My brother's system when booted cold will not boot from his hard disk.
>If he let's it sit and warm up (leaving the invalid boot device message
>on the screen - or similar) for 15-20 minutes, then ctrl-alt-del, the
>system then boots from the hard disk.

There are multiple causes of this problem. The simplest thing is open up
the system, pull and reseat all the connectors and cables. The next simplest
is back up the HD and do a low level re-format. Sprinrite II or some
similar program will do this. If this all fails then it's time to bite
the bullet and send the system to a repair shop.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com