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HELP!

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From: Professor WHO
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:48
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Am having trouble with my NeXT slab (station, 32MB, 200M inbuilt-drive,
800M extern drive) upon getting home from a month-long trip.

Responses and tips greatly appreciated.  Please e-mail.

Questions:

[a]	Is it an indication of a problem on the boot disk if after "Testing
	System" the next thing to appear is "Loading from Network" and
	hang-up?  [I.e. does this indicate that the boot section is gone on
	the boot disk so the machine looks for other sources?]

[b]	How can this problem happen?  Specifically, can it occur through
	the simple mistake of turning on the main switch _before_ the power
	on the external drive (so that a power surge from the extren
	damages the internal drive)?

[c]	How much is it likely to cost to fix the drive or whatever the
	problem may be?  

[d]	{To Taiwanese users only} Who would provide reasonable service for
	such a problem?

	Advthanxance,
	Bo-Yin Yang
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