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Re: Third Party Check Disk replacement?
« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2008, 01:12 PM »
y0himba: why poweroff+wait instead of just reboot? :huh:
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Re: Third Party Check Disk replacement?
« Reply #26 on: October 16, 2008, 02:34 PM »
Removes power to the drive.  When you reboot, there is still current to the drive, If this little block is locked somehow then removing power and draining the remaining current might help with that. 

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