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- From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: XT Dead in the water
- Keywords: hard drive, not recognized
- Message-ID: <drice.712350287@ponder>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 19:04:47 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.030744.10962@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
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- In <1992Jul28.030744.10962@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> thollowe@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Tom Hollowell) writes:
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- >I don't know if this is the right group or not, but it is my last hope.
- >I have a very sick PC, and I don't know what to do for it. Luckily all I
- >use it for is comm pacages, modems and stuff, but still, I would like to get it
- >back in tip top shape.
-
- >Here's the problem, I have a disk drive that is, for some unknown reason, no
- >longer recognized by my system. This is the C: drive, and the system is an
- >old (1986) Leading Edge Model D (XT compatible). The hard drive doesn't seem
- >to exist as far as the machine is concerned, it just sits there and spins on
- >its own all day long.
-
- >Any suggestions?
-
- >Tom Hollowell Ohio University, Athens
-
- If I remember correctly, the LE Mod D PC came with an RLL hard drive.
- Two of my friends each have a LE-D and both experienced problems with the
- hard drive. The problems stem from an incompatibility between the drive
- and the Adaptec RLL controller. I would suggest either a new controller
- or a new drive/controller combo.
-
- --
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- * D. Keith Rice -- University of North Texas -- drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu *
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- * "I like people. I like the concept of people. People ruin that." *
- * -- Damon Wayans on "Late Night with David Letterman" 7/23/92 *
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- * Beta Test: To voluntarily entrust one's data, livelihood and sanity to *
- * hardware or software intended to destroy all three. In *
- * earlier days, virgins were selected to beta test volcanoes. *
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