Kirk, He's said in previous posts that he has the same hd problem under Linux as well. That rules out cluster or file problems. Greg On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:29:29PM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote: > I would have to disagree with Greg about unusual noises being the only > indicator of a bad hard drive. While they often do make such noises, I > have seen many go out without making such noises. > > Unfortunately, with most winblows screen readers you will have little to > go on for troubleshooting. The problem could be a bad cluster, or a corupt > file. It may just be a bad controller which incidently resides on the > drive. (This is something many don't realize.) I have supported computers > now for more then 5 years and have only seen the motherboard go out a few > times. I would only believe it is a problem on the motherboard after > exhausting all other possibilities. > > As for your shut down problems they could easily be related to the > drive. Or they could be related to a network driver. There are some > patches that can be applied to make the shut down more likely to > happen. If you read what changed it is more then likely m$ added some wait > time for something to shut down. They seem unconcerned with actually > fixing the problem. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > If your too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
