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Article #10707Re: HELP I'M BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY AN XT
From: Daniel Tietze
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 02:03
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 02:03
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smithj@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
[ sad story deleted .... ]
> 4. My guess is that the hard drive needs a new low-level format. If you agre
> with this diagnosis let me know where I can get a program to do the trick.
That could suffice. On your XT - assuming that you have a) a standard
controller BIOS, and b) some means of starting DOS's DEBUG on the
defunct computer, typing
g=c800:5
at DEBUG's prompt SHOULD call a low-level formatting routine. Don't
blame me if it doesn't - I didn't build the stupid thing :-) (On seconds
thoughts - I wish I had).
> I only set up these guidelines to reduce the net traffic. Something about
> which not enough users are concerned (unfortunately).
Right! I'll stop right away. Just let me get my sig in.
Daniel Tietze
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