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Hard drive identification
How can I find the correct information about a hard drive with no type info, which I need to enter in my cmos setup. There are serial numbers on drive. The setting was when the battery loss power.
1. See if your computer has "autodetect IDE hard drive" as an option in the CMOS. If so, you're home free. Otherwise, proceed to step 2.
2. You look up the model number on the Internet, in the little blue book or the Hard Drive Bible. This tells you the cylinders, sectors, and heads. Usually the person who set up the computer used the numbers in the book, but once in a while they are set up using different numbers. If you don't have such a book, email me the drive maker name and model number "Western Digital Caviar 11200" or whatever and I'll email you back the specs. On some computers, once you type in the specs, you then have a choice of three different ways to talk to it, so it may take a bit of fiddling. Email me at kayton@alum.mit.edu if you need lookup.
2. You look up the model number on the Internet, in the little blue book or the Hard Drive Bible. This tells you the cylinders, sectors, and heads. Usually the person who set up the computer used the numbers in the book, but once in a while they are set up using different numbers. If you don't have such a book, email me the drive maker name and model number "Western Digital Caviar 11200" or whatever and I'll email you back the specs. On some computers, once you type in the specs, you then have a choice of three different ways to talk to it, so it may take a bit of fiddling. Email me at kayton@alum.mit.edu if you need lookup.
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Here is an exelent utility that will tell you everything you need to know about your hardrive. It will tell cys, heads, sectors, ect. make and model and everything else.
ftp://ftp.microhouse.com/MHUTILS/IDEID.ZIP
ftp://ftp.microhouse.com/MHUTILS/IDEID.ZIP
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The answer was correct, even though I did find the site you spoke of, which gave me all the information I needed. Even after using the correct settings in the cmos setup, after trying to boot up I received the message: Can not load Os.
Installed a different drive after reinstalling dos 6.22 and windows for workgroups. The computer was a 486sx.
Installed a different drive after reinstalling dos 6.22 and windows for workgroups. The computer was a 486sx.
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