I found the diag cd that came with the laptop (havent seen it in 2 years!)
and booted it. It tested all the components and confirmed what I thought.
Ide0 is toast. Time to go shopping for a new laptop hard disk. (a bigger
one too :> ).
scott
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NT makes anything simple, easy, and anything difficult to do, impossible.
Unix makes anything easy to do difficult, and anything difficult to do,
possible. Basically, if your VCR is still flashing "12:00" then unix is not
for you!