Suddenly Narcoleptic Hard Drive

[Jack Jackson]

Hi Matt
Actually not dual boot.

Matt Patterson wrote:
> If you are a dual boot user I would see if the same behavior happens in 
> windows (or boot up a live cd). The laptop mode disabling mentioned 
> previously is a good idea as well. I say to try a different os quickly 
> because I actually had a drive whos power supply came loose and it was 
> restarting itself regularly as a result. It didnt last too long as you 
> can guess, so make sure you check it out. If the OS is doing the 
> restarting then there shouldnt be a problem, its just annoying and 
> eliminating laptop mode or modifying its settings should fix things.
> 
> Matt
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> Jack Jackson wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> Suddenly, my hard drive seems to want to sleep every few minutes. I 
>> can be working on the machine and I'll, for example, click on a link 
>> or a new piece of mail, and I'll hear the drive spin up (it's a 
>> notebook) and see the HDD activity light, and it's clear the drive had 
>> gone into some kind of snooze.
>>
>> This is brand new behavior. And the usual caveats - I didn't change 
>> anything or update the kernel or image - apply.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can
>>
>> a. Get some useful metrics to track this activity
>> b. Troubleshoot?
>>
>> JJ
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