Unable to access old Seagate drive in Win95 1

[aj13]

I've got a Seagate ST410800N SCSI HD -- a bargain (I thought) at $28.

I installed it and tried to format and partition it using Seagate's Deskwizard2000 software, but the software can't 'see' it.

The drive is recognized by my Iomega scsi host adapter, and it appears in Windows device manager (though it is listed as a Seagate SX910800N -- a slightly different model#). The windows setup screen lists it under the HDD list as a "bootable add-in card"

FDISK sees the drive, but reports its capacity as 1024MB instead of the 10GB it's supposed to have, and reports a "write enable error" when I try to configure it. This error is reported whether or not the write protect/enable jumper is in place. FDISK then freezes, sometimes after reporting that the drive has been successfully partitioned and asking me to reboot, and sometimes immediately after displaying the error. This lockup prevents me from properly shutting down Windows and rebooting to complete the partitioning process.

There are no duplicate SCSI IDs in the setup, and the drive is self-terminating. The host adapter is set to automatic termination.

The drive is a little noisy, with an occasional 'chattering sound'. As it's sitting on the workbench instead of inside the case right now I wpould expect it to be a little noisier than an properly enclosed drive. I'm hoping the noise isn't the sign of a dead drive (would a dead drive show up on the host adaptor?)

Granted, I'm not a tech, but I've got Seagate's installation and user manuals. Have I overlooked something, or have I got myself a fancy doorstop?

Thank you very much,

Adam

 

[jibuib]

Hi,
Don't know if your problem is same as I had but I bought 3 of these and the default for termination was incorrect on all three. Look carefully at the diagram and set the jumper for Harddrive termination. Mine show up as SX910800N also with one of my controllers and as ST410800N with the other but works ok under either number. They will format down to 8.4 gig when you format them.
I got 2 good ones out of three and the bad one was very noisy. I could see it in Device Manager but couldn't do anything with it so the odds of yours being bad are 50 -50.
Good Luck