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In article <1640142@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:

> >My ST4096 Seagate disk shows bad SYSTEM sectors every time I try using
> >Spinrite on it.  
> >To REPLACE the drive....am I safe in buying an IDE drive?  Are they stable
> >and compatible enough yet?  Which one is best in the 100meg range?
> 
> If you replace the ST4096 with an IDE drive you will have to replace the
> disk controller as well. IDE drives require IDE controllers. IDE drives
> should be quite compatible with existing software. Quantum makes nice
> IDE drives. The only problem is making sure your ROM BIOS supports
> the IDE drive you buy. This means making sure that there is a drive type
> in your ROM BIOS for the drive. There is no standard for drive type
> numbers. Some common drives (e.g. ST225) have the same drive type
> number on different systems but there is no guarantee that this holds
> true for the lesser known drives. 
> 

I use a Conner 200mb drive with a controller by SVC (Silicon Valley
Computer).  I think they're out of Santa Clara.  My system BIOS will
not support the drive directly but the controller card with it's on
BIOS provides support for the drive.  It does some type of translation
to the System BIOS.  I don't know the details but I do know it works
quite well.  Give them a ring.  If you kneed the number give me a
(e-mail) ring and I'll dig it up for you.

srm
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