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- From: jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Bob Jernigan)
- Subject: HD problem - what have i missed?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.120429.991@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
- Keywords: Maxtor
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- Reply-To: jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Bob Jernigan)
- Organization: Johns Hopkins University
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 12:04:29 GMT
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- I have a system with a Maxtor 7120 HD. The problem I have is that the system
- only seems to recognize 43MB. IDEINFO reports 2995 cyl., 5 heads, 17 sec. for
- 124 MB. The system has AMI bios and I set the disk type to 47 with the above
- settings and chkdsk only reports 43MB. The system was delivered with dos 5.0 and
- windows installed and the company(garage operation actually) insists there is 120MB present on the HD. How do I get at it?
- I have tried:
- another IDE controller.
- a CONNER HD, 120 MB.
- In every combination I can only get 43MB. FDISK reports no space avail. for
- an ext. partition. On one test, I did manage to fool QAPLUS into recognizing
- the 2995 cyl and it passed all tests. (I had QAPLUS update bios with "no HD",
- reboot with bios checksum error, use AMI setup to set HD to 2995 cyl etc., boot
- from floppy to run tests).
-
- With the different IDE controller and CONNER drive giving me 43MB, I'm starting
- to suspect the bios. The CONNER drive was checked in another system and has
- 120MB.
-
- Two different tech have told me that the disk information database report that
- the maxtor should have 1024 cyl, 14, heads, 17 sec, which contradicts IDEINFO.
- Can anyone confirm that?
-
- All help greatly appreciated.
-
- Bob Jernigan 301-953-6000 ext 8498.
- email: jern@spaceaix.jhuapl.edu or jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu
- or jern@aplmvs.jhuapl.edu
-