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From: dumesny@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 20 mb hard disk
Message-ID: <5627@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 23 Jul 88 01:09:53 GMT
References: <487@dogie.edu>
Reply-To: dumesny@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Alain Dumesny)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <487@dogie.edu> fink@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jerry Fink - MACC & School of Nursing) writes:
>I have a Mac SE 20 mb hard disk. The hard disk had been working fine
>until one day the Mac was powered up and the system refused to recognize
>the existence of the hard disk. I've tried using several hard disk utilities 
>but to no avail. Is there any way short of re-initializing the hard
>disk solve this problem.
>
>           Thanks,

Did you try erasing the Pram (parameter ram).  Those Pram hold some information
about your drive and maybe that's why it won't boot..  To do this hold down
option-command-shift and choose the controle panel.

If that is not the problem, I would strongly recomand getting Symantec 
Utilities for the mac (or SUM).  This is a great program to have anyway..

Hope this helped.
Alain----