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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls
  2. From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: Help! Help! Help!
  5. Date: 7 Nov 1992 23:06:06 GMT
  6. Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services
  7. Lines: 23
  8. Message-ID: <1dhi4uINNst6@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
  9. References: <1992Nov7.132759.11569@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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  13. In article <1992Nov7.132759.11569@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smaa@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shaw-Chang Maa) writes:
  14. >
  15. >The problem: My system cannot recognize C drive.
  16. >       I start from A drive, but when I type C after the prompt, it shows
  17. >    this message: invalid drive specification.
  18.  
  19. >4. Hard Disk type in CMOS:
  20. >          Type     Cylinder  Head   Sector    Capacity
  21. >           47         666      8      33        86MB
  22.                        ^^^
  23.  
  24. There's your problem:  Unfortunately your drive has been possessed by
  25. the devil.  Perhaps an exorcist would be more appropriate.  I don't think
  26. Peter Norton provides exorcism utilities, hence your problem... ;)
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  30. Paul Southworth                    |           ftp ftp.css.itd.umich.edu
  31. (Not speaking for)                 |         Political Archives in /poli
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  33. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor  |         redspread.css.itd.umich.edu 
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  35.   <Representing myself.  Everything I say is for educational use only.>
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