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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lela</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you thought of perhaps leaving it plugged in,
but off for 48 hours. Have a few drinks and take a load
off . Then try to boot it up, do a little shake of the book, "bang on
it a bit shake it" you may just have a loose connection. Could help
can't hurt, and nothing ventured nothing gained. Oh yes one must also Pray
for Devine intervention if the files are truly important.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suppose you have no external HD, ZIP, SyQuest
that is bootable, something you could use to try and repair the system
that's got a true system on it? Or a backup of the system? I used to
backup my 280c to a SyQuest drive that was bootable as a "Just in case the damn
thing died backup".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brandy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=artofbusiness_computer@yahoo.com
href="mailto:artofbusiness_computer@yahoo.com">Lela Tong</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [DuoList] 280c 'boing' sound + question mark</DIV>
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<DIV>My 280c has been sitting in my closet for a few years.</DIV>
<DIV>And, the sound 'boing boing boing...' kept going.</DIV>
<DIV>I tried to insert the Disk Tools and clicked Disk First Aid but no
volumes showed up except the external floppy drive. And, when I tried
to click the Apple HD SC Setup.</DIV>
<DIV>I fear the worst any helpful hints on how I can fix this?</DIV>
<DIV>Lela</DIV>
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