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Date: 15 Sep 89 16:42:00 GMT
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Hello all,

      I don't know if this problem has been addressed before, but I haven't

seen it discussed so here goes.  I just receive, free, two hard drives.  One

is a Seagate ST-4096 80 meg 28 ms.  The other one is a CDC drive (I don't

know the model) & I don't know if it is 40 or 80 meg.  They are both just

the drives by themselves.  No scsi or anything.  Here are my questions?:



     1.  Does anyone know of a reputable and inexpensive place that repairs

         hard drives?  Both of these supposedly (I don't know) won't format

         & I figured it wouldn't be too expensive to have them repaired.



     2.  What hardware do I need to purchase to hook the Seagate drive to my

         ST.  (I plan on selling the CDC drive.)  Someone mentioned to me

         that I would need an Adeptec controller card and also an ICD host

         adaptor.  Is that all? (excluding a power supply & case for the HD)



     3.  What software will I need to format/use/partition? the drive.  Are

         there any public domain hard drive programs.  Will I need some

         special boot software?



As you can see, I don't know much about hard drives, but I am willing to learn

all I can so I can get this 80 megger up and running.  I have purchased ALOT

of software that is hard drive installable that I am sure would run quite

nicely on the Seagate.



Thanks for your help.

Chris Edgington



If you don't want to post the answers to my questions to the net:



e-mail      edgingtc@wabash.bitnet