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From: glz5913@ritcv.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RESET BUTTONS AND HARD DISKS
Message-ID: <139@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 15:10:38 GMT
References: <3505@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <3073@zeus.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: glz5913@ritcv.UUCP (Gary L. Zeiger)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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In article <3073@zeus.TEK.COM> bobr@zeus.UUCP (Robert Reed) writes:
>
>... Without a reset button, I am forced to
>cycle power to boot the system, which cannot be good for the disk.
>-- 
>Robert Reed, Tektronix CAE Systems Division, bobr@zeus.TEK

Turn off the machine, wait 5-10 seconds (or until the drive stops) and
then turn on the computer.  Incidentally, a lot of clones have the plug
(towards the back of the motherboard) for a momentary contact switch.
If you have the technical manual for the motherboard, it should show
where it is.