Hard disk fail (20)

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From: Paul
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 00:00

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Does anyone know what the above message means ?.

I am unable to access the hard drive, although I can boot from the
floppy. I have tried fdisk but get the message "error reading fixed
disk".

Is the hard disk (540 mb,14 months old) condemed ?

TIA
Paul
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