On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:58:58 +0000, Ramsman put
finger to keyboard and composed:

(was Panasonic SA-HT1500, but nobody responded)

9 times out of 10 when switched on from standby, my Panasonic SA-HT1500
Home Cinema system immediately goes into HDD format mode and won't leave
it until said format is performed.

Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this? Could it be the HDD
itself? It was suffering a lot of dropouts a while ago, so I stopped
recording on it pending investigation.

I would remove the HDD and connect it to your computer. Then run the
manufacturer's diagnostics against it, eg SeaTools, Data LifeGuard.
Use the DOS version of the diagnostic to ensure that Windows doesn't
try to write a disk signature on the drive.

- Franc Zabkar
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