rick@gtisqr.uucp (Hendrik Groeneveld) (11/25/90)
I just got a Maxtor XT-8760S hard disk and ran into one small
problem, format won't format. All I can get format to do is
tell me that there is not enough memory. Why can't I format
this drive? What is wrong with format? Anybody at Commodore
care to comment? Am I stuck with a 675MB paper weight? Somebody
please help!
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Mukilteo Washingtonhill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) (11/25/90)
In article <1990Nov24.174524.20659@gtisqr.uucp> rick@gtisqr.uucp (Hendrik Groeneveld) writes: > >I just got a Maxtor XT-8760S hard disk and ran into one small >problem, format won't format. All I can get format to do is >tell me that there is not enough memory. Why can't I format >this drive? What is wrong with format? Anybody at Commodore >care to comment? Am I stuck with a 675MB paper weight? Somebody >please help! > >-- >Rick Groeneveld UUCP: {smart-host}!gtisqr!rick Use "FORMAT .... quick". Then find a way to map out bad sectors. A developer here in Texas has the same prob with a 1.2G drive. I assumed he eventually found a way to map out the bad sectors.. He did tell me two good things: Don't EVER use media that has not been mapped. Don't EVER fill a CBM hd >95% full.. Why? He did not go in depth. Have fun with MASS storage.... :-) -- adam hill hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA! Amiga... Multimedia NOW Most Common Phrase at DevCon '90 - "Shhhhhhh.."