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From: apn@nonvon.uucp (Alex P Novickis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help, 3.5" drive in AT
Message-ID: <1987Dec15.235822.2209@nonvon.uucp>
Date: 16 Dec 87 07:58:17 GMT
References: <2769@super.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: apn@nonvon.UUCP (Alexander Paul Novickis)
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In article <2769@super.upenn.edu> seeleman@operations.dccs.upenn.edu.UUCP (Todd Seeleman) writes:
>
>          Greetings,
>
>          I need help installing a 730k 3.5" DS/DD drive in an IBM-AT.
>
>          I purchased an IBM 3.5"  drive for installation in an IBM-AT.
>          After completing the hardware and software installation and
>          running Setup I ended up with a disk drive that will read from
>          and write to a 3.5" floppy but will not format the disks.
>          I get a Track 0 unreadable - disk unusable error.
>          Luckily I am able to format the disks on a Toshiba T1000 and
>          then use them in the IBM-AT.
>

	I recently added a 3.5 to my AT and had the same problem. I don't
know if your drive is the same as mine, but the solution was a jumper
found on the drive.... marked XE/PE.  Also ... Make sure you are setting
the drive up for a 1.44M or 720k as needed in the "setup" program.

Good Luck, Dr Phelps.

Alex P. Novickis


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