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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: IDE okay???
Message-ID: <1640142@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 90 23:43:14 GMT
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>My ST4096 Seagate disk shows bad SYSTEM sectors every time I try using
>Spinrite on it.  
>To REPLACE the drive....am I safe in buying an IDE drive?  Are they stable
>and compatible enough yet?  Which one is best in the 100meg range?

If you replace the ST4096 with an IDE drive you will have to replace the
disk controller as well. IDE drives require IDE controllers. IDE drives
should be quite compatible with existing software. Quantum makes nice
IDE drives. The only problem is making sure your ROM BIOS supports
the IDE drive you buy. This means making sure that there is a drive type
in your ROM BIOS for the drive. There is no standard for drive type
numbers. Some common drives (e.g. ST225) have the same drive type
number on different systems but there is no guarantee that this holds
true for the lesser known drives. 

			   Danny Low
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