[net.micro.pc] Naive question

cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair) (08/16/86)

I have an original IBM AT. The hard drive just bit the dust. (Its
former owner booted off the A: drive and used it as a dumb, but
powerful, TTY; I've only been using the hard disk for a few months.)
Here's the question: can I take out the 10 megabyte hard drive out of
an IBM XT and install it in the AT until I get a replacement drive? If
I can, are there any special precautions/caveats I need to know about?
Can I keep the AT's controller card? (I have both an A: and B: drive.) 

As an aside, I had Diskwatch installed when the crash occurred. The
error: No address mark. (After Diskwatch's message DOS gave the General
Failure Reading Drive C: message.) I'd appreciate any information I can
get.



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