Re: Two technical problems...

[Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com>]

bguenter@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de (Boris Guenter) wrote:

 >I don't believe that it is a real physical head crash, rather a
 >blasted boot sector.
 
If it were me...the first thing I'd try is a shift-boot to see if that makes
any difference, and then after that, I'd run ProSel-16 to see what it
reports.
 
If it turns out that it is simply a case of your boot blocks being
corrupted, look around for Don Elton's MakeBoot. It's a utility
that works with ECP (can't remember if that's ECP8 or ECP16) and it'll
recreate the boot blocks.
 
Years and years ago, I had to use it after one of those stupid virii wiped
out the boot blocks on a 3.5", and it worked fine. It's freeware, so you
should be able to find it online.
 
Then again, boot blocks don't routinely get zapped, so it's possible that you
could have a real problem with the hard drive.
 
Joe Kohn