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From: korner@ut-sally.UUCP (Kim Korner)
Newsgroups: ut.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Fire damaged PC advice
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Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 12:29:04 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 29 12:29:04 1987
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Keywords: fire damage, PC, recovery
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	A friend recently had a rather extensive fire in his home. In
his home at the time of the fire he had a PC/AT and a PC clone. Both
appear not to be heat damaged - but from the look of things they got
in the way of a fair amount of smoke. He would like to retrieve the
data on both machines' hard disks and return both machines to working
condition (if they're indeed damaged).
	Does anyone have any experiences with possibly fire damaged
PCs? Are there pitfalls to be avoided or can one just boot the
machines and see how bad the situation is? Any advice would be
appreciated.

		-Kim Korner