Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!gem!paul From: paul@gem.stack.urc.tue.nl (Paul Derks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Compaq 386/25 and 1.44 MB drive Keywords: Setup, compaq, 3.5" drive Message-ID: <167@gem.stack.urc.tue.nl> Date: 7 Mar 91 12:37:39 GMT Organization: Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 12 I have installed a 3.5" 1.44MB drive in a Compaq 386/25. I can read and write 720kb and 1.44MB floppies but I can't format disks because SETUP insists that the drive is 1.2MB. I have tried using the Diagnostics disk but I can't find an option to set the drive type. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance Paul paul@gem.stack.urc.tue.nl