Re: Windows XP Random Powerdowns ... It all started a month ago when his Windows XP SP2 started giving him blue screens just after the Windows XP loading screen. ... We then installed the XP on the second HDD on his PC. ... It worked for a while but then another problem started appearing: his PC would randomly power down. ... I tried disabling the Automatic Restart on physical memory dump hoping that it will cath the error but it does not work. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Error messages on startup. ... Recently I am having trouble starting up ... turning off the main power switch because ...drives",... a new Seagate HDD as above. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
Re: How do I power save a HDD? ... yet leave the main HDD going? ... and power that on ONLY when you need to ... Anna said about the removable rack drives.... My secondary disks stop spinning using this method. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE ... > paging file or pagefile too small" ... In Control Panel Power Options,... You might also try flushing your HDD cache at shutdown using that last above ... Device Manager, Disk Drives, right-click each drive and select Properties ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Power Failure when connecting HDD to VS 3100 ... Whenever I connect the HDD to one of the power connectors and switch on ... machine bone dead, no Power led, no test leds, nothing on the console. ... (comp.sys.dec)
