Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:25:39 -0700
From: Benji Durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HDC Error
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:13:10 +0100
> From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: HDC Error
>
> I've got HDC error once when HD did not spin up.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:10 PM
>> To: Libretto
>> Subject: Re: HDC Error
>>
>>
>> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:58:04 +0700
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: HDC Error
>>
>>> I have a Libretto 110CT that has quit boot. It gives me a HDC ERROR
>>> which I assume means the drive is dead. Is that the case or do I have
>>> a different problem that replacing the drive wouldn't fix?
>>
>> I've just been there with my 110 (and I've still not quite got back yet).
>> Could be your HDD, or the HDC.
>> New HDD for the former, new motherboard for the latter, apparently.
>> In my case it was the HDD - replaced (eventually) under warranty.
>>
>> Does the BIOS now deny all knowledge of your HDD?
>>
>> Can you boot to a DOS prompt from the floppy drive, C: being created as a
>> RAMdrive??
>>
>> Can you check out your HDD in an alternative computer?
>>
I missed the earlier message but:
Yes the BIOS denies all knowledge of the hard drive.
I can boot to a DOS prompt from the floppy with C: as a RAMdrive.
I hear the Drive startup but then there is no access sounds.
bd
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Benji Durden
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