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In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970102152459.20021D-100000@Turing.Stanford.EDU>, Lawrence Beyer <beyer@csli.Stanford.EDU> says:
>
>i wonder if anyone out there can help me:  i ordinarily leave my old
>northgate 386 computer turned on all the time, but i returned home after a
>trip to find that a power outage had shut it off.  after resetting the
>surge protector and getting back power, the machine tried to reboot, but
>ultimately all i got was
>
>386-BIOS (C) 1987 AMI ...
>
>2048 KB ok  {or something like that-- ie, RAM checks out ok}
>Press <DEL> if want to run SETUP or DIAGS  {actually has no effect}
>
>C: drive failure
>Run SETUP UTILITY
>Press <F1> to RESUME
>
>
>
>well, after <F1>, I choose the CMOS SETUP option, but i can't see anything
>in the CMOS numbers that looks like it needs adjusting, so i just <ESC> to
>save the same old settings.  the machine resets, and gives me the same 
>C: drive failure
>Run SETUP UTILITY
>Press <F1> to RESUME
>
>
>i've tried turning the power on and off a few times, to no avail (that
>actually worked once, for a different C-drive nonrecognition problem on
>this machine).  i also went looking in the little DIAGnostics utility, but
>it didn't show any recognition of there being a hard drive.
>
>any suggestions??  all constructive replies will be gratefully
>appreciated!
>
>larry b.
>beyer@csli.stanford.edu
>
>
I had a similar problem with an AST 286 lap top.
Try booting up with a bootable disk installed in your A drive
which should bring you to a A : prompt  Try a 'dir' command
If the a drive reads your disk try going to c:\
If you get an 'invalad drive ' message chances are 
your HD took a dump
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