I had that thought too. When I have gotten that hard disk not found message, I can hear the drive spin up and it sounds like it is booting. Is it possible that the message really is a bit misleading? I think I'm gonna try two things...first is Tony's shock mount suggestion, second is installing a small cpu fan to ventilate the thing...it always seems to me to run hotter than I think it should. Has anyone with Hijack monitored thier operating temps?