HP9133D disk replacement.

Yah, I done that. The key is to find an MFM drive that has the same or greater Cylnder/Head geometry: It has to have at least the same number of cylnders, and at least the same number of heads. Keep in mind, though, that geometry alone does *NOT* guarantee that this will work!! The 9133 seems to be allergic to some MFM drives-- I could get most Seagate drives to work, for example, but not NEC's. My fave at the time was the Quantum Q540. I 'wasted' over half the drive, but I had alot of them at the time! When you format such a drive, you will not have a capacity greater than the original.[1] [1] Not quite true for the older 9133 V/X/XV drives. If you have a 'V' for example, you can replace it with a bigger drive, adjust the jumpers inside, and format for 10 or 15MB. -- Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel <jos.mar at bluewin.ch> wrote: Closely related to the previous post : I actually have an ST419, but is in use inside a HP9133D. Looking back to old classiccmp articles indicate that it is not easy to replace the ST419 by other MFM drives of different geometries. Has this changed ? i.e can somebody report a success in replacing the internal drive of an HP9133 ? Jos _____________________________________________________________ Find the apartment of your dreams by clicking here now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3miig3oq0XVBmhWGbEvHZPivS…