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Can anybody help me identify this laptop?
- Thread starter paul.brett
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Moonferret
Experienced Member
Hi Paul,
Looks like a re-badged Zenith Supersport 286
Looks like a re-badged Zenith Supersport 286
paul.brett
Experienced Member
Fantastic!
With this info, I was able to get into the BIOS (Ctrl-Alt-Ins) and set the HD to Type 3.
The drive itself seemed 'stuck' until I gave it a real hard slap on the side.
It now boots, shows a 30MB C: drive and an 11MB D: drive, created 28th February 1991.
More questions.....
Should I leave this running for a bit to help with the sticking HD?
What drive type is likely to be correct to avoid disk corruption?
Thanks.
With this info, I was able to get into the BIOS (Ctrl-Alt-Ins) and set the HD to Type 3.
The drive itself seemed 'stuck' until I gave it a real hard slap on the side.
It now boots, shows a 30MB C: drive and an 11MB D: drive, created 28th February 1991.
More questions.....
Should I leave this running for a bit to help with the sticking HD?
What drive type is likely to be correct to avoid disk corruption?
Thanks.
Moonferret
Experienced Member
Glad that helped. I've got an old Wang laptop that has a similar problem with its drive. If its not been used for a while, it needs a tap to get the drive going again.
I've never used one of those Zenith laptops so not really able to comment on the drive type. I'm assuming its IDE?
I've never used one of those Zenith laptops so not really able to comment on the drive type. I'm assuming its IDE?
TX_Dj
Experienced Member
If it was stuck as in "not spinning" then yes, I'd say keep it running a while, and turn it into a variety of orientations to help any lubricants "re-wet" and redistribute. If it was stuck as in the heads weren't moving, then seeking (like run OpTune defrag on it or something) a lot will probably help keep it unstuck for the near future.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!