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From: williams@fquest.fidonet.org (Jason Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Help!  My 1050 has stopped working...
Keywords: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Message-ID: <Vq8Ty1w162w@fquest.fidonet.org>
Date: 15 Mar 91 06:26:30 GMT
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Organization: Future Quest BBS 512-834-1992  1:19/23
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It sounds like you have a bad disk...It it partially loads, then makes a 
horrible noise, then it is most likely a bad disk..try running a backup 
of dos...Well, just a thought...