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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hard drive help needed.
Message-ID: <26ff74d4-27e.1comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 25 Sep 90 17:55:05 GMT
References: <260@ub.d.umn.edu>
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>I had a 10meg hard drive die in an old IBM PC.  I've run into some problems
>getting a new 10meg drive working.  Mainly, I don't know how to low level
>format it.  I've tried debug with g=c800:5 with no luck.  Unfortunately,
>I have no specific information on the controller.  It is most likely original
>IBM equipment.  It is full length and only a hard drive controller.

These oldies often had the format program on floppy.  If this one's "true
blue" you'll need IBM's _Advanced Diagnostics_ diskette.  If it's 3rd party,
the IBM disk may work, or you might need the disk that came with the
controller.  (Good luck :-(   )

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
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