Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!OHIO-STATE.ARPA!terrell From: terrell@OHIO-STATE.ARPA (Eric Terrell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Hard Disk Problem Message-ID: <8701042337.AA11762@ohio-state.ARPA> Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 18:37:55 EST Article-I.D.: ohio-sta.8701042337.AA11762 Posted: Sun Jan 4 18:37:55 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 22:01:33 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 16 I am not an expert on hard disks, although I have the Atari 20M. Have you tried booting the system with the hard disk connected but turned off? If this is possible, you might be able to turn on the hard drive after the boot, and then run the format program from the floppy that came with the drive. Let me know if this works. Terrell P.S. You will probably want to boot with a boot disk that does not have the hard disk's installation reflected in the desktop.inf file.