Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!daveg From: daveg@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Dave Guggisberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Compaq 386 Disk/FAT problems Message-ID: <101000066@hpcvlx.HP.COM> Date: 17 Aug 89 16:45:34 GMT References: <1989Aug17.070004.3348@sdsu.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 20 Hi Deborah I don't think Compaq has a proper entry in its disk table for the ST-251. Depending on which disk table entry you are using and where the data is located on the disk, you can certainly have problems with your disk. I have a Compaq DeskPro 286 that has had two ST-251s in it in the past. I use a Western Digital WAH-0003 controller. I had to write a TSR that repointed the hard disk drive information vector to my TSR which contained the proper disk parameters for the ST-251. I have never had a problem with this set-up. I suggest that you try something similar. Good-luck. Remember Compaq is not 100% compatable. Dave Guggisberg Hewlett-Packard (503) 750-3402 daveg@cv.hp.com