Re: error message-1720

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From: Test User (test_at_dev.null)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:10:07 -0400

"sidney" <sidney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F9A090A1-2D65-4443-952D-99FF68EC2509@microsoft.com...
> Western digital is telling me that this is a windows issue and not the
disk
> is this so?

If the error occurs while the system POST is happening, before any of the
"starting Windows" screens, it is *not* a Windows issue. At this point in
the boot cycle, the BIOS has only started to look at the hardware and has
not tried to load any OS as yet.

HTH
-pk

>
> "Test User" wrote:
>
> > "sidney" <sidney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FE13080A-2415-4F73-8E70-6A978A813F4C@microsoft.com...
> > > Everytime I boot up my system this error shows - 1720 imminent failure
> > > Im still able to boot my system
> > > I have xp home
> > > brand new 80gb western digital
> > > Can this be the problem maybe?
> >
> > Much more than maybe. Get a replacement ASAP and back up that drive
before
> > it fails.
> >
> > HTH
> > -pk
> >
> >
> >

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