Apple Duo 270C manual Disk drives and disks, Hard disk keeps stopping and starting again

Disk drives and disks

The computer won’t start up from its hard disk, or the hard disk icon doesn’t appear on the desktop.

nThere may have been a temporary software problem. Shut down the computer, wait at least 10 seconds, and then turn it on again.

nIf the computer is in a Duo Dock, someone may have selected the dock’s hard disk as the startup disk. You can change this setting in the Startup Disk control panel.

nThere may be a problem with the system software on the hard disk. Start up the computer with the Disk Tools disk. If the hard disk’s icon appears, reinstall system software as described in Chapter 5. Disk repair programs can sometimes fix problems of this kind.

nThe information on the disk drive may be damaged. Try using a disk repair program to repair or recover the information. If this doesn’t work, you’ll need to reinitialize the hard disk. See Chapter 7.

nThere may be a mechanical problem with the disk drive. If none of the above suggestions works, take the computer to an Apple-authorized service provider.

The hard disk keeps stopping and starting again.

nThe hard disk may be going to sleep to conserve power. Open the PowerBook control panel and move the Battery Conservation slider toward Better Performance.

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