Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!mtus5!ehyounk From: EHYOUNK@MTUS5.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: I ruined my hard disk with System 7.0 Message-ID: <91032.134415EHYOUNK@MTUS5.BITNET> Date: 1 Feb 91 18:44:15 GMT References: Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ. Lines: 8 I would have to say that there is a good chance that this is a hardware problem . Since the system software doesn't get load untill the computer can access the hard drive, I find it unlikely that sys 7 is your problem. Your external HD is problely at fault. I resever the right to be complety wrong. Ed