During the DOS high-level format, the drive does not format to full capacity.
∙ Verify your computer’s System Setup drive-type values. One of the following problems may have occurred: 1) the values may be set for an incorrect drive type or translation geometry; 2) you may have entered a parameter value that exceeded the physical capacity of the drive; 3) you selected a translation geometry or drive type that does not take full advantage of the drive’s capacity; or 4) the drive’s physical specifications ex- ceeds the translation geometry limits imposed by the operat- ing system and BIOS. Refer to “Standard installation” on page 8 if any of these cases is true.
If you reset the System Setup drive type value, you must partition and high-level format the drive again.
∙ If you partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may need to make the partitions smaller so that the computer can use all of the drive’s capacity.
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DOS messages “Disk Boot Failure,”
∙Reinstall the DOS system files using the DOS SYS utility.
∙Check all cables.
∙Use FDISK to verify that the primary partition is active.
∙Rerun the partition and
∙Check for viruses.
System error message, “HDD controller failure” appears.
∙Confirm the jumper settings on the drive.
∙Verify the System Setup drive values.
