From:	"Thomas Mueller" <tmueller AT bluegrass DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Fujitsu drive not recognized by Bios
Date:	2 Jan 2003 03:04:19 GMT
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from "deerfern" <computergeekintraining AT hotmail DOT com>:

> I am having a problem with a Fujitsu hard drive, model MPF3153AH 15.27GB,
  the bios will not recognize it. It worked when I purchased it but not after
  I fdisk'd it.
  I bought it off Ebay.

> I have checked Fujitsu site, there is an issue of not recognizing over 8.4
  GB, but even
  after I manually type in the cylinders, heads and sectors I still get Hard
  Drive Error.

> I think perhaps the OnTrack (On Track) Disk Manager for Fujitsu might help
  as it might
  tell the bios the disk is larger than 8.4 gb. They want $40.00 for it, and I
  am wondering if
  I should just trash the drive or if anyone happens to have this manager and
  they would
  share for me? I thank you for any help you can give me.

> Carol

You might want to try Linux which has a much better fdisk than does DOS or, as
far as I know, Windows.  Linux would be able to see the whole hard drive even
if the BIOS can't, but partitions, in order to be bootable, would have to be
contained within what the BIOS can see, in your case 8.4 GB.  A more modern
BIOS, with int 13h extensions, would be able to se the entire hard drive.

There is also the possibility that something went bad with the hard drive.

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