What are the BIOS settings for the drives?  (especially the first)  Did
you try auto config?  (if it exists)  Did you have the settings recorded
anywhere?
What CMOS diagnostics are you referring to?  Are you sure you wern't in
FDISK?

What is your level of experience with PCs?   What brand of MOBO/PC do
you have?   Please describe step-by-step.  Everything you typed
everything you saw.  Bore us.  Start with, I pushed the little button...
Eric

ps If you think it's too much for the list.  Send me private email.
I'll do all that I can.

Charles T. Rauscher wrote:
>
> The systems is a 486-33mhz system running Win95. There are 2 hard
> drives on the system, 1st-325 mb drive, 2nd-4.1gb maxtor. The last
> time I used the system it worked fine. On the next startup I received
> the message detailed below. I can hear the hard drive start to spin,
> then silence. The diagnostics I found in the CMOS would only work if
> I allowed the system to delete my data, which I declined. I used a
> floppy boot disk to start the system. That's when I tried scandisk &
> chkdsk on the "C:" drive. They wouldn't work..no access. That's where
> I am..
>
> Thanks, Charly.
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> On Friday, September 4, 1998 at 11:50:30 am EDT,
> "Eric Outten" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Charles:
> >We need to know much more about your system hardware.  It might be
> as
> >simple as a blown configuration.  Tell all.  Include your
> >troubleshooting to this point.
> >Eric
> >
> >Charles T. Rauscher wrote:
> >My assumption is the disk controller is gone.
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