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Help - DOS Format
Name: 900t Date: January 11, 2003 at 19:46:26 Pacific OS: N/A CPU/Ram: 8088/640K
Comment:
IBM PS/2 Model 30. Has 20mb HDD. I get a "Track 0 Bad - Disk Unusable" message when trying to do a DOS format (under PC-DOS 3.3 bootdisk)
Name: jboy Date: January 11, 2003 at 20:32:55 Pacific
Reply:
Not good news - 'track 0 bad' is usually all she wrote. Is this is an old twin-cabled drive, about the size of a hard-cover book? Might try a good 3rd party diagnostic, such as Norton Disk Doctor, but don't hold out much hope.
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Response Number 2
Name: 900t Date: January 12, 2003 at 17:52:21 Pacific
Reply:
No, this is not a "traditional" ST-506 or ESDI drive, it *is* an ST-506 design (can low-level format), however it's interface is IBM PS/2 30/50, so it's an edge connector slightly bigger than a 5.25" floppy for control/data/power. It is smaller than 286/386 PS/2 hard disks, and I have a few around...
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