On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:30:54PM -0500, Charles MacDonald wrote: > C.T. Paterson wrote: > > > Upon resumption of power, when I booted up my machine, it did not > > boot...and some experimentation narrowed suspicion down to the hard > > drive. > > > > Any advice or commiseration is welcome. > > Is the drive actually spinning? I have heard of drives that have run > for years, and then won't spin up after being powered down. mechanical > problems. I've had more than one of these that needed a sudden rotation in the axis of rotation while powering up to unstick it. I'd warn people not to do this at home, but this is usually where I do it... > Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________