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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: What size is my Drive??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.213851.10337@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <255@heimdall.sdrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:38:51 GMT
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- In <255@heimdall.sdrc.com> drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns) writes:
-
- >When I run PC Tools' Diskfix.exe, it is again identidfied as a 130 Mb drive.
- >When I select the Revitalize a Disk option for ths drive, it goes through a bunch
- >of calculations. One of the things it tries to do is to calculate and set the
- >optimum interleave for me, but it comes back with a message saying that
- >this drive uses "sector translation, and reports a size which does not match its
- >physical configuration".
-
- >What's the deal? Is the drive set up wrong in CMOS? Is this an IDE thing?
- >Why does PC Tools think it's 130Mb and can I fix that somehow? Is it not
- >possible to set the interleave on these drives for some reason?
-
- It's an IDE thing. Don't mess with it. Without having the
- appropriate software and knowing what the sector translation scheme
- is, you can royally hose your drive.
-
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