[pchelpers] Re: HDD CMOS settings

In some cases the settings were printed on the drive casing.
C=(cylinders)
H= (heads)
S= (sectors)
Look for that. If it is not there, it could be auto detectable.
Judy & Lindsay Roberts wrote:

>I have gotten hold of a 4.3gb HDD (Seagate Medalist 4310) to put on an old
>machine to install Win98Se simply for compiling some VB develops for some
>friends still using the older system (those compiles in XP just wont work on
>their PC's).
>Do you know of a site where it can check the settings - in particular the
>"Type" which is often 47?
>Linz
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