Re: What happened to my fixed disk?

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From: Trish (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:21:30 -0700

Trish, make sure the cables are connected. I use to get
the same error
>on my old PC because the cables would come loose from
time to time. Try
>that and let us know what happens. Do you have a boot
diskette?
>
>--
>Servo
>
>"Shop smart! Shop S-Mart!"
>
>tservo100 at
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>
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>.
Thank you for your help Servo, I've tried pushing in all
cables but that doesn't seem to work. I do have a boot
disk from a another pc which also has win98 on it, it lets
me get to the "fdisk" point and no further. Should I just
buy a new mother board and base unit? Or can this be saved?

Trish.

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