If you ever get the lovely message BOOT DISK ERROR when you boot up your computer... and after checking everything while your computer tells you it can't find your hard drive, you called around to have everyone tell you your hard drive is fried and maybe you can get some info off it maybe not..... Don't panic yet!!
I had this happen to me yesterday and I was very upset thinking I lost my hard drive...
Well I took my computer apart, vacuumed out the dust balls, checked all my cables for looseness. Then I put it back together, turned it on and held my breath and the sweet little baby that it is... it booted right up!!
I think all it was was a loose cable. WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!
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