<div dir="ltr">Yes thats what i meant. The expert has "located" to the problem to a faulty hard drive which is why it kept shutting down. Im not convinced though.<div><br></div><div>I should still be able to boot my pc up with no hard drives attached and just a CD rom correct?<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Colin Law <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clanlaw@googlemail.com">clanlaw@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im">On 19 October 2010 14:03, javadayaz <<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Apologies for bringing this dead thread back to life.<br> > Would just like a quick opinion from someone on this...<br> > As you know my pc kept shutting down mysteriously. I took it into a local pc<br> > shop who are telling me that a faulty hard drive is causing the shut downs.<br> > I seem to recall the pc shutting down even when no hard drive was<br> > connected...<br> > Is this possible...?<br> <br> </div>Is what possible? Is it possible that the pc shut down even when no<br> hard drive was connected? Yes, but in that case it was not the hard<br> drive causing it.<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> Colin<br> <br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Regards<div><br></div><div>Javad</div></div><br> </div></div>