Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Reformatting a HD Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 89 18:41:47 GMT Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 26 Okay ... in order for me to start to answer your question, I need more info about your controller card. Western Digital makes over 2 dozen controllers. As for MFM controllers, they make about 4 controllers (which are recently new) and each of these 4 have about 4 versions each. One thing that I can suggest to you is to get a program called SpedStor by Storage Dimensions (a Maxtor Company). [Aside: Some people may recommend Disk Manager by Ontrack, but I advise you to use SpedStor because its much more user friendly and at times more powerful.] Using SpedStor you can reformat this drive ... EVEN IF YOU CONTROLLER CAN NOT HANDLE THE DRIVE PROPERLY. SpedStor will also test and diagnose the controller to see if it is defective. Unfortunately, I don't know the price of SpedStor. If you have problems using SpedStor or continue to have problems formatting the drive, don't hesitate to drop me a mail message. __________ ___ / \ / / /_/ / /\/ _/ / / / __/. /__ / / / / / / / / / / 4730 Centre Ave. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu / ------- / Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew \__________/ (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 Computer Dr. Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are STRICTLY my own, and not CMU's.