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Article #34223Re: Invalid media type - Disk Question
From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:00
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On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 20:43:11 +0100, Martin Bloomfield
<martin@bloomf.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>- No it's not a typo.
>
>- 222 is what automatically came up after entering the
> 2484, 16 and 63 values (as shown on disk label) way back at SETUP
> time. I have often wondered why the hell it said that!
It said that because it's BIOS has the typical 2Gb barrier problem.
Some BIOSes simply get the calculations wrong for the screen, but
otherwise work, others get things wrong when actualy talking to the
disk. If you are using Win9x and have only one partition on the disk
this may explain why you have 'got away with it'!
>
>- I doubt if it's the cause of my problems. Remember I said the disk
> had given long service (almost 3 years in fact.)
This is not a proceedure that I would advise to use, so you will
need to take great care while attempting to recover stuff.
Regards,
Harry.
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