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Richard Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:19:26 -0400
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I'd still call Dell. They have lifetime support for this type of problem.
What do you have to loose?

I liked the other answer about checking for loose cables, etc...

                                               Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "bobwarasila"
> My grand daughter has a Dell Optiplex G110 that I tuned up for her last year with extra RAM and a 2nd HD.  The OS (XP Pro)resides
> on the C drive and I told her to use the F drive (2nd HD) to save everything on.  Today her father was doing some renovation work
> in the room below her and was driving nails while she was doing HW.  She said she felt one heavy bang and her computer froze.
> When we try to reboot we get a message that says: Previous attempt at boot failed at checkpoint (Vopn), call Dell Tech Support.
> This computer is about 6 years old so I doubt if Dell will give me much help.  I suspect the C-drive crashed and is trash.   Can I
> salvage what ever is on the F drive if I put it my computer which has an available IDE connection?

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