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From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: low-level formatting
Summary: need help to format my HD
Keywords: HD, Crash, format
Message-ID: <1989Oct20.032750.9966@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 20 Oct 89 03:27:50 GMT
Reply-To: rahardj@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Budi Rahardjo)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lines: 25

Need help (fast!!!)
My hard disk crashed !!! Sometimes it boots, sometimes it does not
(but the light is on ....). I don't know what is going on ...
Any hints ?
Well , I decided to format it again. I tried high level format,
with "format", but it didn't work...
Now I'm going to do low-level format, but I don't know how to do that
(I was told I have to use DEBUG). I don't have the spec of my HD either...
What a nightmare. Anyway, this is my system :

	- 20 MB HD, Miniscribe model 8425 (I was told I have 8225,
	  but I opened the case and check the label, and it's 8425)
	- I have DOS 3.2
	- IBM XT compatible, with Phoenix BIOS
	- I don't know the brand of the controller, but it has
	  label WD.. or something
	- There are other numbers/spec on the HD label (I don't know
	  what they mean, maybe just serial numbers ?)
	  HDA 03AB, PCBA 05AA, UNIQUE 42A7, TD -

Please e-mail me ASAP, I am way behind in this newsgroup (about
100 letters)

Thanks a million,
Budi rahardjo