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Dave Moll · 10th Sep 2018, 8:42 pm

I hope I'm wrong, but it sounds as though it has literally crashed - as in crashed the heads into the surface of the hard disc. If so, the only solution is probably to replace the hard disc.

To prove that the rest of the computer is OK, is it possible to try starting it up from a floppy disc?

10th Sep 2018, 8:42 pm	#2
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,130	Re: IBM PS/2 seems to have got stuck! I hope I'm wrong, but it sounds as though it has literally crashed - as in crashed the heads into the surface of the hard disc. If so, the only solution is probably to replace the hard disc. To prove that the rest of the computer is OK, is it possible to try starting it up from a floppy disc? __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)