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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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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
http://www.abacuspc.com

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Check your controller card and cables. Replace, if needed. Check the specs,
later.

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
> http://www.abacuspc.com
>