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From: brada@bardlover.Eng.Sun.COM (Brad Albom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hard Disk Config & Spinup Problems
Keywords: Hard Disk
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Date: 4 Sep 90 23:18:53 GMT
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Hi all -

I'm having 2 different problems with 2 different hard disks.

1) I'm trying to use Speedstor &/or Seagate Disk Manager to reformat
a MicroScience hard disk, but the model doesn't show up
on any of the menus & none of the obvious values I've tried
seems to work. So, does anyone have the configuration for
a Microscience Model HH-612-C ? (i.e. heads, sectors, etc?)
Unfortunately I know nothing about the drive, not even its 
capacity. It came out of an old NCR PC clone. 
 
2) I can't seem to get a Toshiba model MK-156-FA (~141Meg ESDI)
disk to spin up. It came out of a Sun box, & appears to be
a normal disk. I've plugged it into a standard power supply
but it just makes a couple of clicking noises (like heads moving?)
but it never starts spinning. Is there some trick with this
drive ?

BTW, last time I posted a question about hard disks here (regarding
an IBM AT not recognizing 2 different hard disks on the same controller)
I didn't post a summary of all the useful responses because it turned
out to be controller related. Plopped in a different controller & 
both disks were recognized (although the AT still insists it hasn't
been SETUP properly at boot time).

Thanks in advance for any help,

-brad albom
Software Engineering Solutions, Inc
(707)552-5248 (Office)
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