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In article <32B825A9.7591@als.ameritech.com>,
John Chase  <jchase@als.ameritech.com> wrote:
>Mustafa Soysal MS57 wrote:
>> 
>> Subject says it all.  A 4GB disk turned into a 1GB disk.
>> 
>> IBM doesn't know how to help.
>
>Assuming it's a "new" disk:

The drive had been in use for a few months in "4GB mode"....The root
directory had been thrashed by chkdsk several times.  It seems OS/2 is
destroying the partition information when it locks up, and chkdsk
looks in the wrong place for the root directory based on the new wrong
size, and adds more to the destruction.  SOmehow, adl.exe from adaptec
didn't bring it back.  Some investigation revealed that they also have
scsifrmt.exe, which did bring the disk back to 4GB.

>
>1.  Did you low-level format using your host adapter's LLF utility?
>
>2.  Do you have the correct device driver installed for your host
>adapter, and is it correctly configured?

Yes, there has been no change.  I had even checked the configuration again.

>
>> Drive manufacturer checked with a utility for the internal geometry
>> information, that shows 4GB.  There isn't a problem as we have first
>> suspected.
>
>I had a similar experience when I installed a Quantum 2Gb drive with an
>Adaptec HA.  Low-level format cured the problem.
>
>      -jc-

Thanks for your assistance.

Best Regards,

Mustafa Soysal


>
>> 
>> On top of all this, it could destroy the replacement drive exactly the
>> same way.
>> 
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