Originally posted by ggnanaraj
I think you need to give some time (after switching on the system), before the system makes the database available.
This is an argument for making the whole startup fully automatic or fully manual. (I chose manual, i.e. executing batch files, using: net start "OracleServiceORCL" - only disadvantage is that you can't do an unattended re-boot - but then I've never had to in over 4 years.)