Panic! Hard drive crash.

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From: Angus Christie
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1987 03:21

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Uh huh.  And I even PARKed it first.  Oh well.  The question is
does anyone have any specs on the BIOS interrupt(s) which talk
directly to the hard drive controller card?  When I boot from a
floppy (as I am forced to do), the system insists that drive C:
is an invalid drive specifier.  What I hope to do is read as much
of the root directory and FAT as I can onto a floppy, then reFORMAT
the thing, then try to restore the sectors.
 
Am I doing the right thing?  Am I asking lots of stupid questions?
Am I whining?  Thanks for listening, anyway.

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From: 6101778@PUCC.BITNET (Angus Christie)
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Subject: Panic!  Hard drive crash.
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 22:21:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  5 22:21:36 1987
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