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From: fjs@coil.caltech.edu (Fernando J. Selman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Old Compaq Plus 10Meg Disk Died. Help!
Keywords: Compaq, Hard Disk Trouble
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Date: 17 Sep 90 09:43:08 GMT
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I am using a very old (5 yrs?) Compaq Plus with a 10 MBytes
fixed disk. I got the following message when booting:

         FIXED DISK ERROR 1701

When I boot from floppy, the drive C (the hard disk) is not
even recognized. I have the impression that the disk does not
even start rotating anymore as some usual noise is not felt
anymore from that corner (maybe a safety feature?).
The light does go on though.
Any help will be highly welcomed. Thanks

                               - Fernando