Won't wake from sleep

Discussion in 'Software' started by TimW, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Just started happening. Usually the mouse will wake it from sleep, but now it won't. Vista. And a hard restart often fails. I had to power up 6 times today to get it to start. No hard drive activity the first 5 times. Any ideas?
     
    TimW, Aug 20, 2014
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  2. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Kestrel13!, Aug 20, 2014
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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    No, I don't have hybrid sleep. Sigh.
     
    TimW, Aug 20, 2014
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  4. mdonah

    mdonah Major Geek Extraordinaire

    I've had this happen a couple of times on my laptop running Vista Ultimate SP2 32-bit. When I opened the lid, nothing happened. I don't know what caused it but, pressing the power button woke it up and "Resuming Windows" came up. The laptop then worked normally (and has for a while).
     
    mdonah, Aug 20, 2014
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  5. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    When I click the mouse, then the hard drive spins up and resumes my desktop. But that isn't happening anymore. I have to power down and try to power up. Hard drive doesn]t spin up. Had to try it 6 times today. So, I changed power setting so that it never shuts down the hard drive. Guess I will have to live with that. At least a mouse click will resume my session.
     
    TimW, Aug 20, 2014
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  6. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Common symptoms of a failing hard drive. Check the drive manufacturer's website for a disk checking utility. This would be a good time to ensure you are well backed up datawise and to create or update a disk image.
     
    Earthling, Aug 20, 2014
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  7. mdonah

    mdonah Major Geek Extraordinaire

    In my case, it is the modular bay caddy. I was on the forums and my laptop suddenly shut off completely (Vista Ultimate on 120GB HDD in caddy). Afterward, the POST screen didn't even come up even after swapping drives out. The computer's fine just running off of "C" drve caddy.
     
    mdonah, Aug 20, 2014
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  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I have a spare cloned drive. I guess if it dies, I'll put the clone in it.
     
    TimW, Aug 20, 2014
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  9. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Data might be overwritten though, if your data files are on the OS drive.
     
    Earthling, Aug 20, 2014
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  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    It's in a USB enclosure. It's the same size and make as the failing one.
     
    TimW, Aug 20, 2014
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