Re: HELP.........Hard disk failure

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From: "David G. Bell"
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:00

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On Thursday, in article <39931279.9C824A81@fcc.net>
     michaelm@fcc.net "Michael Morenberg" wrote:

> Are there any other newsgroups more appropriate then the ones I have
> addressed.

demon.ip.support.pc is not a newsgroup for which pc hardware problems 
are on topic.

But if you can get to a c: prompt, it looks more like a bad sector in a 
critical Windows file than a total loss.  Run scandisk, and see what 
happens when you do a surface test.

-- 
David G. Bell -- Farmer, SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

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