On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 10:23:52AM +0100, J & M Home Computer Services wrote:
> A friend received the following error message while working with Windows 95,1782 Disk Control Failure, and asked if I knew what it meant. Well I don't. Can anyone help with this?

This could mean a couple of things:

1.  THere really is something wrong with the disk controller (ide
connection, ribbon cable, etc)
or
2.  The computer was recently moved and the connection is loose.

I would open it up, check to see if any of the ribbon cables are loos
between the HD and the motherboard.  Then reboot.  If you get the same
message, then I would suspect a bad controller.  If it is a bad
controller, you should be able to go to the bios, disable the controller,
buy antoher one that fits onto an ISA slot and move the ribbon cable to
that

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