smq@ticnj.UUCP (10/01/87)
I have been experiencing an occasional problem on my Xerox PC (aka, Olivetti M24, AT&T 6300). I have added a harddisk (a Seagate ST225) with a Microtek controller. I have performed a low-level format, fdisk and a format (/s). After I did that, the disk worked fine. But now, on occasion, when I turn the machine on I get the message: Unable to read the Hard disk. Do you want to Initialize (Y/N)? I respond No; it says that Basic is not is ROM, press reset; I do and it boots off the hard disk then as normal. When this happens the behavior is very consistent: If it bombs the first time it *ALWAYS* works the second time. My questions are: (1) How can I fix this (what have I done something wrong?) (2) Is this harmful in any way to my PC? (3) If I should contact Microtek, what is their number? Other info that may help: (1) ROM-BIOS is v1.21 (2) Microtek (HDC 1000) ROM is labeled "HDC BIOS v4.0" (3) DOS 3.1 is on the HardDisk (4) The screws that I removed from the floppy did not fit the ST225; I had another disk that had screws that fit the ST225 but only 4, so the disk is "not properly attached" Thanks for any suggestions, -Steve-