I've been doing this for years - and I must look suspicious (no comments please) because I'm forever being asked to power up.. having a diskette in the A drive makes it painless -well, less painful. My battery is dead, so I CAN'T powerup without dragging out the power cord, finding an outlet, having them hover over me, etc.. one of those inexpensive tasks I never seem to get around to

Ever notice a correlation between being asked to power up and the number of minutes you have to get to your gate? When I have two hours, I'm NEVER asked