home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky comp.sys.misc:628 comp.os.msdos.misc:4749
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!dman
- From: dman@netcom.com (Dallman Ross)
- Subject: Re: Mitsubishi PC EMERGENCY!!!!!
- Message-ID: <bz7mm2j.dman@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 18:01:59 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Aug15.072820.23420@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
- Lines: 44
-
- gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
- : In article . . . kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
-
- <stuff deleted>
-
- : >I'm using a Mitsubishi MS-DOS compatible computer whose hard disk has crashed.
- <stuff deleted>
-
- : >I've got Norton Utils, but when I boot from floppy, I can't access the hard
- : >drive (doesn't recognize its presence).
- : >
- <stuff deleted>
-
- : - check your setup - is the hard disk type info. gone due to dead battery?
-
- I think the poster was saying he didn't know how to check his setup without
- first getting to C:
-
- There are compatible universal setup programs you can find (freeware) to
- run from your floppy drive.
-
- : - if that is correct, check disk cables, try to replace the controller card;
- : if you're lucky, it's one of these, and not a fatal disk crash!
-
- Good suggestions.
-
- : - if these don't help, and Norton doesn't help, carefully remove disk and
- : find a disk recovery expert, or your vendor/manufacturer and let them try
- : to rescue your data.
-
- I think the poster imlied that Norton is only on his C: drive, so he can't
- try it.
-
- Anyway, the first thing to do is get a setup program for your floppy so
- you can check the CMOS settings and make sure C: is still being recognized.
-
- Good luck!
-
- --
- __D_a l_l m a_n _ R o_s s _ |dman@netcom.com /or/ |"You sound like a man|
- l \\ l\\ /l /\\ l\\ l |dross@well.sf.ca.us |with a rubber nose." |
- l >)l \\ /ll / \\ l \\ l |vox/fax: 1.510.645.1883| -- One-Lung Bill |
- l // l \X ll/--- \\l \\ l |350 Perkins St., #108 | Remmer (deceased)
- _l//______________________\\l_|Oakland,_CA__94610-3422|_____________________|_
-