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Re: Problem with harddisk

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From: S. Barry Hu
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00
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Does your BIOS support automatic detecting?  If it does, let it does
the job.  It's usually very accurate.

Barry


On Wed, 18 Mar 98 18:13:50 GMT, nospam@pleez.sq (Jeremy) wrote:

>Hi ppl,
>i hope somebody could help me:
>A friend gave me his old 486 with a faulty harddisk, which i removed and 
>inserted my very old, 170MB Connor Harddisk.
>The problem which now occured is, that i don't know the BIOS settings 
>(cylinders, head, etc.) for my connor harddisk, since i can't find any 
>documentation for it -- i must have lost it :(( --
>
>Could anybody make some suggestions which settings i have to make ?
>
>TIA, Jeremy
>
>Email:    JeremyM <at> nym.alias.net
>-------------------------------------
>
>Hallo,
>ich habe ein kleines problem:
>Ein Freund hat mir seinen alten 486 gegeben, der eine defekte Festplatte 
>hatte. Die habe ich ausgebaut, meine steinalte  170 MB Connor Festplatte rein 
>und bin am BIOS h�ngengeblieben, weil ich die entsprechenden Einstellungen 
>(Cyl., head, sectors) etc. nicht kenne, weil ich Simpel alle Dokumentationen 
>entweder verloren oder weggeschmissen habe.
>
>Kennt jemand irgendeine Methode rauszufinden wie ich das jetzt machen kann?
>
>Danke,
>Jeremy
>
>Email:    JeremyM <at> nym.alias.net
>
>
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From: bhu@rabbit.cbe.uiowa.edu (S. Barry Hu)
Subject: Re: Problem with harddisk
Date: 1998/03/19
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