Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!clio!berger From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Disk boot failure Message-ID: <16800304@clio> Date: 20 Jun 88 19:19:00 GMT References: <565@novavax.UUCP> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:novavax.UUCP:565:clio:16800304:000:527 Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger Jun 20 14:19:00 1988 What you saw was an indication that the low level format data was missing. It will be very difficult to recover anything from the disk, and impossible if you've already run the low level format routine again. I hope you had backups. This could be an early indication of a problem with the disk drive or controller, so keep an eye on it. Mike Berger Department of Statistics Science, Technology, and Society University of Illinois berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu {ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!berger