From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 12:04:46 EST
Just make sure there is not a jumper installed!
That would make the drive a slave, and prevent it from booting
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>; "STeve Andre'"
<andres_at_msu.edu>; "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?
> Thanks for the suggestion, but, as I said in the original message, the
> machine will not boot to a floppy with the bad disk installed. It will
> not boot to the Drive Fitness Test floppy (I tried) nor any other boot
> floppy I have here. So it's impossible to run the Test.
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>; "STeve Andre'"
> <andres_at_msu.edu>; "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?
>
>
> > Download and run the IBM Drive Fitness Test. It should boot up and
> detect
> > the drive.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
> > To: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>; "Thinkpad List"
> <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?
> >
> >
> > > Yes, the defective drive prevents me from even booting from a
> floppy.
> > > I've never seen anything like it...!
> > >
> > > Edward Mendelson
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
> > > To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:59 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?
> > >
> > >
> > > > If one works and the other doesn't, you have a pretty good
> indicator
> > > > that one of them is good and the other evil.
> > > >
> > > > You can verify the evality of the drive by getting the Drive
> Fitness
> > > Test
> > > > software from the IBM web site, run it and create the DFT floppy,
> and
> > > > then boot with it and the evil drive in the machine. If the evil
> disk
> > > > prevents you from even booting from a floppy, its impressivly
> evil.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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