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guide for assistance. Be sure to re-ena ble this impor tant fea-
ture when FDISK is done.
The system error message, “Drive not Ready,” appears.
•Check all cable connections. Make sure pin 1 of th e drive is
connected to pin 1 of the hard-disc controller or host adapter.
•Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.
•Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.
The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,”
appears.
•Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.
•Verify the drive-type values in the system setup program.
•Check for I/O address conflicts.
The drive does not format to full capacity.
•Verify the drive-type values in the system setup program. One
of the following problems may have occurred:
•The values may be set with an incorrect t ransla tio n ch aract er-
istic.
•You may have entered a parameter value that exceeds the
physical capacity of the drive.
•You entered a translation characteristic that doe s not t ake full
advantage of the drive’s capacity.
•The drive’s physical specificat ion s exceed the translation limits
imposed by the BIOS.