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From: knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MayDay, MayDay, DiskExpress II ate my Hard Disk
Message-ID: <1184@levelland.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 19:12:47 GMT
References: <1991Mar14.225659.17466@iitmax.iit.edu>
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In article <1991Mar14.225659.17466@iitmax.iit.edu> soudan@iitmax.iit.edu (Bassel Soudan) writes:
>
>	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).

Before you assign the blame to DE II, you should blame yourself. "Fool
me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Also, ho do you
know it was DE II that caused your problem? From the symptoms you
describe, it could be a hardware fault as well.

If it is a software problem, your best bet is to get a copy of the
Norton Utilities and have them figure it out for you.

If have been using DE II now since it came out. There is not a single
problem I can attribute to it. Please be more careful in the future
with your wild accusations.

Edgar

(knapp@cs.utexas.edu)