hardrive is still active after shutdown

[mark]

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when i shutdown the screen displays (it is now safe to turn off your
computer) but the hardrive is still active, even pressing the power button to
turn of doe`s not work. so i have to switch it off from the mains. i had xp
home edition but upgraded to xp pro. i did not have this problem with xp home
edition. any idea`s. thanks mark

 

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"mark" <mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when i shutdown the screen displays (it is now safe to turn off your
> computer) but the hardrive is still active, even pressing the power
> button to turn of doe`s not work. so i have to switch it off from the
> mains. i had xp home edition but upgraded to xp pro. i did not have
> this problem with xp home edition. any idea`s. thanks mark

See http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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