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Article #39797Low-Level Format Error
From: David H Copp
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 13:05
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 13:05
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I am trying to revive an old Seagate ST-412 full-height 10Mb hard disk. My hard disk controller has "Super Bios II Formatter Rev. 1.0 Copyright Western Digital 1988" and I have used it to low-level format two other drives (not the same type) with no problems. The drive select light goes on but almost immediately I get "Error Code 40." Would like to find out (a) what this means, (b) what book I should buy, etc., so I can answer this sort of question for myself the next time. TIA! David H. Copp WS2I (201) 829-4337 copp@bellcore.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!wind!copp From: copp@wind.bellcore.com (David H Copp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Low-Level Format Error Message-ID: <18604@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 15 Dec 89 13:05:05 GMT Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: copp@wind.UUCP (David H Copp) Distribution: na Organization: Bell Communications Research Lines: 11