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From: tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Stiffy drive woes
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Date: 7 Apr 89 18:04:06 GMT
Reply-To: tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
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This is possibly a question that's been asked here a dozen [?] times,
but I don't usually read this group.  However, I do have a real need for
an answer.

I've installed a 3.5" drive into a PC (not XT), and find format will only
handle 40 tracks, yielding only 360K formatted.

Am I right in thinking it's the BIOS?  Specifing 80 tracks gives "parameter
not supported."  What must be done for 80 tracks?  Disks can be read, but
not formatted.

Please respond by e-mail; address(es) in my sig.  Thanks.

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