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Posted on September 6, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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By Fred Langa

It’s never good when your PC can’t find its startup files — or even its own hard drive!

But there’s almost always a way to get the PC back up and running. And some of the repairs take only minutes.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).

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