Have seen this problem listed in a few forums , but since using recovery disk on my laptop , now i have same problem.
On startup , computer hangs for about 10 seconds on the xp splash screen , then starts as normal and works fine.
On shutdown , hard drive makes strange noise then clicks as laptop powers off . (same noise as if forcing power off by holdind power button in)
Have contacted fujitsu on a number of occasions , but all they say is `well its working ok isnt it , it dosent sound like hardware failure `.
Have tried re-installing with retail version of xp home and this cured the problem - BUT - in device manager hdd was picked up as ide and not sata/scsi . bizarre.
anyone got any ideas .
Thanks,
Mark