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Having a problem with my computer restarting. All of a sudden instead of restarting it shutdowns. Sometimes it might restart but most of the time it shutdown instead. I just installed a WD Raptor hard drive along with the other hard drive I had installed. I have XP Pro running on both hard drives. Not a big problem but a nuisance. Any suggestions?

Name: Everett
Date: June 26, 2004 at 14:38:16 Pacific

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toppscrt: shutdown instead of restart http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294427 some folks claim that APM causes this, so try different settings in: click Start, Control Panel, Category View, Performance & Maintenance, Power Options. for the first tweak, turn off Hibernation. let us know what worked for you...

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