John wrote:
> I left my Thinkpad T21 running while I went out for a few hours. When
I
> returned trhe screen was black. I tried rebooting a few times and got
a
> message saying, "No Hard Drive Found." Not good. Figured my hard
drive
> had crashed and was resigned to the fact that I would have to get a
new
> one (this is a Toshiba). But worst oif all was that I had not backed
> anything up. I went to bed sad, very sad.
>
> But this morning I tried again to boot the computer and it booted
> normally. I quickly attached my Maxtor One Touch and backed up My
> Documents and Settings (not sure what's included in all that. Does it
> include my IE and Firefox Favorites?).
>
> Anyway, now I'm wondering what caused the "Hatrd Drive Not Found"
> message to appear. Does this means my hard drive is in imminent
danger
> of crashing for good? Should I replace it immediately?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
Most thinkpad I've seen have a test program built in the bios. Use
that.
Also, thinkpads can be a bit sensitive sometimes. I've had 600 series
thinkpads that flatly refused to boot when a user pushed the button and
booted just fine when I showed up.
On some models they also show symptoms like that when the backup
battery ages, something that the self test should tell you.
Jeroen.
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