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From: soudan@iitmax.iit.edu (Bassel Soudan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: MayDay, MayDay, DiskExpress II ate my Hard Disk
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.225659.17466@iitmax.iit.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 22:56:59 GMT
Reply-To: soudan@iitmax.iit.edu (Bassel Soudan)
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	I am sorry to cross-post this, but I didn't know where it should go!

	I need the help of anybody who can. Yesterday, I ran DiskExpress II on
my Mac IIcx to defragment the disk. Then foolishly enough, I turned on the
background defragmantation and kept working. Three or four hours later, I 
shutdown the computer and went to bed. This morning, I tried to turn the 
computer on, but there was no hard disk to be found!!!!! (it is physically
there, but it will not boot.)

	This happened to me before (the last time I used DE II), but everything
I tried this time failed. Last time it happened, I powered the machine down and 
then up several times and that seemed to solve the problem. Nothing doing. I
just can't get the Hard Disk to go. One more thing, after several of these
attempts, the disk started to make a strange sound when it starts to turn and
then the only sound remaining would be that of the fan.  It sounds like the
motor is slipping or something. (needless to say, this is the first time I have
heard this).

	Does anybody have any suggestion on how I can get this thing going 
again? I have more than 60 MBytes of information on the hard disk that has not
been backed up for the last month or so. (The funny thing is that I was supposed
to back it up this morning). Any help will be greatly appreciated. The last time
this happened, I remember seeing an error message saying that the disk does not
have any boot block. (this was a message from one of the many utilities I used)
How can I fix that? and what is that frightening noise?

	Sincerely yours,

	Bassel Soudan
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