Seagate 1080SL manual Fdisk error message, No Fixed Disk Present, appears

20 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995

∙The DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted. Try your backup DOS diskette.

∙If you have DOS Version 4.0 or earlier, make the drive parti- tions smaller.

∙Check for media defects at the beginning of the drive. Use a third-party surface scan utility.

The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,” appears.

∙Check all cables.

∙Check the power supply specifications.

∙Make sure the drive spins up when you turn on the system.

∙In AT systems, check the drive type. The drive type must be set to Not Installed or the drive-type values set to zero.

∙Check for I/O address conflicts.

During the DOS high-level format, the drive keeps retrying hard errors and reporting the following message. “Attempt- ing to recover allocation units. . .”

∙This is normal with DOS Version 4.0 or later.

DOS messages, “Disk Boot Failure,” “Non-System Disk,” or “No ROM Basic - SYSTEM HALTED,” appear.

∙Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.

∙Check all cables.

∙Use the same version of DOS throughout your system.

∙Reinstall the DOS system files using the DOS SYS utility.

∙Make sure the primary partition is active in FDISK.

∙Check for viruses.