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From: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: KILLER PROBLEM from HELL... *PLEASE* help!!
Summary: workaround
Message-ID: <693@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Date: 9 Jul 90 03:04:02 GMT
References: <90185.162114JCR108@psuvm.psu.edu+ <90186.181632GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET+ <1990Jul6.160028.7039@sj.ate.slb.com+
Organization: Monotype ADG, Cambridge, UK
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In article <1990Jul6.160028.7039@sj.ate.slb.com+, poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
+ In article <90186.181632GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET+ GILLA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Arnold G. Gill) writes:
+ +
+ +     I guess this lock-out thing is software, eh?  Then the solution may be as
+ +simple as opening up your computer, disconnecting your harddrive (just pull
+ +the power plug out), and then booting from a floppy.  Once that is donw,
+ +reconnect your harddisk and erase to your heart's content.  The only
+ +difficulty that I can see is that it might not be a good idea to plug in the
+ +harddrive while the power is running - but I can't think of a way around that.
+ 
+ If the hard disk isn't up and running when DOS boots, then that drive will be
+ unrecognized and you still wont't have access to it.
+ 

Quite true, besides, it's not a good idea to plug/unplug a HDD while the
machine is up, otherwise you'd only need to drop in a similar drive while
you boot, then swap, and run Norton or similar.

You shouldn't be talking to us, you should be talking to the people
who protected it for you - seems to me they did a good job, I'd be 
disappointed if they hadn't.

Dave E.