> I very rarely turn my system off at all, so when I shut it down overnight
> "not sure what made me do it" I remembered why I never turn it off. for
> some reason when my system is cold it takes many , many attempts to boot up
> or just until it is good and warm.......has anyone ever experienced this
> before. I always was under the impression they would operate better if they
> could be kept on the cool side of things.

Sounds to me like you have what's called a "stiction" problem.  When an older
hard drive is turned off, the head sometimes cold welds itself to the platter
and
it takes several boots to get it shook loose...or a couple of not so gentle taps
on the drive.   In a nutshell:  your drive is probably on its last legs and
if it is important to you, I'd back up the data and replace it.

Deja Cheek
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