[CUBE] Periodically, I get a Disk with a Flashing Question Mark

[Frank French]

Steven,
If you got the CD's that came with the Cube you could boot from the install
CD and run the Disk First Aid application. This may fix some errors on the
HDD. Also the drive Set up application has a Test menu item that will slowly
test for bad blocks but it's a good exercise for the drive. If the machine
came set up from Overstock then it might be an idea to format the HDD and
write zero's on it and start from scratch. It could just be a bad directory
on the HDD. Though loud clacking noise at start up is usually the drive
heads bouncing around which is not a good sound to hear. As it is under
warranty it'd be a judgement call to call Overstock and see what they say or
do as most of us have done and upgrade the HDD to a larger/faster model.
Good luck

FrankF
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