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Check your controller card and cables. Replace, if needed. Check the specs,
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Abacus PC <abacus@abacuspc.com> wrote in article
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> ShSound wrote:
> > 
> > I reciently was given an old 386dx25 computer. Seems that someone
> > formatted the hard drive from the ROM DIAGNOSTICS and since then c:
> > drive can't be found. On bootup it says that Drive Not Ready and if I
> > use a boot disk in A drive then try to go to C drive it says Invalid
> > Drive Specification.
> > In the Rom Diagnostics I can do Seek Time tests and Read/Write/Verify
> > tests and it will work and you can hear the HD working.
> > The HD is a Western Digital 280... The settings that are marked on the
> > top of the drive are as follows.....
> > 47 - 980 - 10 - 863 - 979 - 17 - 81
> > Why can't I access this drive? Are the numbers wrong? What can I do to
> > revive this drive?
> > Please send any help to shsound@ican.net
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me,
> > Shawn
> 
> In CMOS setup, be sure drive C: or hard disk 1 (or 0) is set to the
> parameters you posted: 980 cylinders 10 heads 17 sectors per track.
> Don't worry about any other settings for this drive. (Like precomp)
> 
> If you have DOS 6.xx just boot to disk one and let it take over.
> 
> Otherwise, run FDISK, then FORMAT C: /S
> 
> Mark
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