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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

You Have This Drive set correctly, 
Cyl=980 - Hd=10 - WP=0 - Lz=979 - Sect=17 - Size=85 Mb

If th drive is set as above and does not boot, You need to initialize
it with a dos utility called fdisk then Format the drive with the 
format command, Do Not! format the drive from the Bios Diags. 

To do this you will need a dos boot disk, with the fdisk and format 
commands put on it. 

To put it in a simple way your drive is not formatted for use with dos.





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