I went into the BIOS and disabled that feature. I have since reseated the hard drive and it has not happened again. All in all, the Winbook XL2 is a very desirable package. There are a few rough edges, but nothing that would stop me from buying one. The components are all the right components, and WinBook managed to fit a lot of functionality into a fairly thin 7 lb. notebook.
Performance is very good, and it's a very versatile unit.
I liked it quite a bit. I'm definitely looking forward to the next version of the WinBook XL2. However, there was that issue with the boot drive, and the speakers could be beefed up a bit. For Geekness, this system gets 4.5 Geekheads. That's why I took off the half point.