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  1. theheadhobbit

    hard drive light stays on winxp

    Well as perhaps my last thought on this matter. I placed the old hard drive in an old win98 machine and everything ran fine. I did check out the article that tt4u suggested but I was not sure what to do with the info, so I went to the old machine to help. So I take back my statement that it has...
  2. theheadhobbit

    hard drive light stays on winxp

    Well, to get back to this, I finally made the time to check out my hard drive. I have "fixed" the problem but not sure what the results tell me. I opened the case and checked the cables etc. Nothing changed. I then decided to unplug "extras" one at a time to see if that made...
  3. theheadhobbit

    hard drive light stays on winxp

    Thanks TT4U, I will give the other forums and the inside of my case a try as soon as I meet my newsletter deadline. No dead computers before there time.
  4. theheadhobbit

    hard drive light stays on winxp

    As best I can tell my HD is not working all the time, so I will open the case and take a look. BTW what am I looking for? a disconnected wire on the light or ... ? Thank you
  5. theheadhobbit

    hard drive light stays on winxp

    I just upgraded my system to winxp pro and everything is going fine except my hard drive light stays on all the time. It comes on as soon as I turn the power on. It continues to function just fine. I did not open my case or change anything hardware related. Is there perhaps a BIOS setting I need...

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