Re: Floppy Disk Failure To Read HD Disks

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From: Clive Kay
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <3172ae04.15740248@news.demon.co.uk>, Mick Farrar
<mjf@mad1.demon.co.uk> writes
>I have just recovered a Mitac 3026E Notebook but it has a problem
>reading HD disks.  Has anyone any clues on fixing said beast??
>
>
>    
>      Mick Farrar
>      +++++++++++
>
Check in the Bios to see if the drive has been set up as a 720 or a 1.44
first. If it is correct and it will not read in DOS you probably have a
bad drive.
-- 
Clive Kay

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