>>Hi,
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>>This doesn't have anything to do with VFP - but I thought I'd post the question here anyway - in case this has happened to any of you.
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>Hi Allan,
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>Did you try to get inside the case and shake the HDD cables and connectors on motherboard? That's the first thing I do in such cases. My daughter's PC does this boot failure thing once in a while and after a reasonable cable shake it is good for another couple of month.

!! That's interesting.. What if there is an intermittent connection when the computer is running? Would this not lead to possible data corruption? But it reminds me also - Sometimes even if a connection looks okay, you may have to disconnect and reconnect a cable/connector or reseat a card (PCI or ISA cards) for them to gain proper contact again.

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Jonathan Chan